Pedevco Corp. PED

Competitive advantage analysis · energy

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
33/100
Developing

About Pedevco Corp.

PEDEVCO Corp., an oil and gas company, focuses on the acquisition, development, and production of oil and natural gas assets in the United States. The company holds interests in the Permian Basin asset covering an area of approximately 14,550 net acres located in New Mexico. Its properties also include D-J Basin asset covering an area of approximately 14,809 net acres … Full PED analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.75), suggesting sticky customer base.
  • Operating Leverage in Effect Operating leverage is evident (score 0.79), with margins expanding over time.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.14), raising refinancing risk.
  • Liquidity Concerns Liquidity is concerning (score 0.18), raising questions about short-term obligations.

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Pricing Power

Developing
28

Where PED ranks in Oil & Gas E&P

Pedevco Corp. ranks #66 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P by moat score — the top 71%. The widest moat in the group is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) at 84/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near PED in Oil & Gas E&P
# Company Moat score Rating
62 Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. GRNT 40/100 Developing
63 Diamondback Energy, Inc. FANG 40/100 Developing
64 Chord Energy Corporation CHRD 39/100 Developing
65 Obsidian Energy Ltd. OBE 34/100 Developing
66 Pedevco Corp. PED 33/100 Developing
67 Gran Tierra Energy Inc. GTE 32/100 Developing
68 Talos Energy, Inc. TALO 31/100 Developing
69 VAALCO Energy, Inc. EGY 30/100 Developing
70 TXO Partners, L.P. TXO 29/100 Developing

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How PED scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 28 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 14 · 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 60 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 35 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 23 · 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 40 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding PED's moat

What is Pedevco Corp.'s moat score?

Pedevco Corp. (PED) scores 33 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #66 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P, the top 71%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 92 companies in Oil & Gas E&P. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (60/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (14/100).

How does Pedevco Corp. compare with other Oil & Gas E&P companies?

Pedevco Corp. ranks #66 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas E&P is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are Obsidian Energy Ltd. (OBE) at 34 just above it and Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (GTE) at 32 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 92 companies in Oil & Gas E&P. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Pedevco Corp. 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 Pedevco Corp.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and PED scores: Pricing Power (28), Cost Advantage (14), Customer Stickiness (60), Capital Efficiency (35), Resilience (23), Scale & Market Position (40). 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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