ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. RETO

Competitive advantage analysis · basic-materials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
19/100
Weak

Ranked against 17 peers in Building Materials

About ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc.

ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. focuses to design, research and development, manufactures, and sale of ecological environmental protection equipment and intelligent equipment in China and internationally. It engages in the research, development, and production of mining equipment and smart craft beer machines, as well as solid waste treatment solutions and equipment. In addition, it offers technical support and consulting services. ReTo Eco-Solutions, … Full RETO analysis →

Key strengths

  • Operating Leverage in Effect Operating leverage is evident (score 1.00), with margins expanding over time.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 6.2th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.19), raising refinancing risk.

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

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Where RETO ranks in Building Materials

ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. ranks #17 of 18 scored companies in Building Materials by moat score — the top 94%. The widest moat in the group is United States Lime & Minerals, (USLM) at 82/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
10 Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsored CX 52/100 Moderate
11 Knife Riv Holding Co. KNF 52/100 Moderate
12 James Hardie Industries plc JHX 39/100 Developing
13 Captivision Inc. CAPT 33/100 Developing
14 Loma Negra Compania Industrial LOMA 30/100 Developing
15 Captivision Inc. Warrant CAPTW 29/100 Developing
16 Boise Cascade, L.L.C. BCC 27/100 Developing
17 ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. RETO 19/100 Weak
18 Summit Materials, Inc. SUM 0/100 Weak

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How RETO scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 12 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 6 · 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 7 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 5 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 12 · 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 72 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding RETO's moat

What is ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc.'s moat score?

ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. (RETO) scores 19 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #17 of 18 scored companies in Building Materials, the top 94%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 17 companies in Building Materials. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (72/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (5/100).

How does ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. compare with other Building Materials companies?

ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. ranks #17 of 18 scored companies in Building Materials by moat score. The widest moat in Building Materials is United States Lime & Minerals, (USLM) at 82/100. The companies ranked closest are Boise Cascade, L.L.C. (BCC) at 27 just above it and Summit Materials, Inc. (SUM) at 0 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 17 companies in Building Materials. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc. 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 ReTo Eco-Solutions, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and RETO scores: Pricing Power (12), Cost Advantage (6), Customer Stickiness (7), Capital Efficiency (5), Resilience (12), Scale & Market Position (72). 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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