Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Comm PARR

Competitive advantage analysis · energy

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
74/100
Moderate

About Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Comm

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc., an energy company, provides renewable and conventional fuels in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Refining, Retail, and Logistics. The Refining segment owns and operates refineries that convert crude oil into gasoline, distillate, asphalt, and other products. The Retail segment operates convenience stores and fuel retail outlets that sell gasoline, diesel, and retail … Full PARR analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.94), with robust interest coverage.
  • Consistent Cash Generation Cash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.79).

Key risks

  • Volatile Margins Suggest Cyclicality Margin volatility is high (stability score 0.35), suggesting cyclical exposure or competitive pressure.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
58

Where PARR ranks in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Comm ranks #2 of 19 scored companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing by moat score — the top 11%. The widest moat in the group is Star Group L.P. (SGU) at 81/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near PARR in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing
# Company Moat score Rating
1 Star Group L.P. SGU 81/100 Strong
2 Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Comm PARR 74/100 Moderate
3 Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (Ne UGP 67/100 Moderate
4 Delek Logistics Partners, L.P. DKL 62/100 Moderate
5 Sunoco LP SUN 61/100 Moderate
6 CrossAmerica Partners LP CAPL 60/100 Moderate
7 Marathon Petroleum Corporation MPC 58/100 Moderate
8 Cosan S.A. CSAN 57/100 Moderate
9 Phillips 66 PSX 55/100 Moderate

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How PARR scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 58 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 85 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 81 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 62 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 81 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 90 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding PARR's moat

What is Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Comm's moat score?

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Comm (PARR) scores 74 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #2 of 19 scored companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing, the top 11%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 18 companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (90/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (58/100).

How does Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Comm compare with other Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing companies?

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Comm ranks #2 of 19 scored companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing is Star Group L.P. (SGU) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are Star Group L.P. (SGU) at 81 just above it and Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (Ne (UGP) at 67 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 18 companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Comm scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Comm?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and PARR scores: Pricing Power (58), Cost Advantage (85), Customer Stickiness (81), Capital Efficiency (62), Resilience (81), Scale & Market Position (90). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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