SunCoke Energy, Inc. SXC

Competitive advantage analysis · basic-materials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
40/100
Developing

Ranked against 35 peers in Materials: Construction, Forest & Carbon Materials

About SunCoke Energy, Inc.

SunCoke Energy, Inc. operates as an independent producer of coke in the United States and internationally. It operates through Domestic Coke and Industrial Services segments. The company offers blast furnace and foundry coke products. It also provides export and domestic material handling and/or mixing services to coke, coal, steel, power/electric utility, and other bulk and manufacturing-based customers; and on-site scrap … Full SXC analysis →

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 33.3th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.25), raising refinancing risk.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where SXC ranks in Materials: Construction, Forest & Carbon Materials

SunCoke Energy, Inc. ranks #17 of 36 scored companies in Materials: Construction, Forest & Carbon Materials by moat score — the top 47%. The widest moat in the group is United States Lime & Minerals, (USLM) at 82/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
13 Tecnoglass Inc. TGLS 58/100 Moderate
14 Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsored CX 52/100 Moderate
15 Knife Riv Holding Co. KNF 52/100 Moderate
16 Warrior Met Coal, Inc. HCC 43/100 Developing
17 SunCoke Energy, Inc. SXC 40/100 Developing
18 James Hardie Industries plc JHX 39/100 Developing
19 Magnera Corporation MAGN 37/100 Developing
20 IT Tech Packaging, Inc. ITP 34/100 Developing
21 Clearwater Paper Corporation CLW 34/100 Developing

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How SXC scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 33 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 67 · 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 50 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 28 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 32 · 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 35 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding SXC's moat

What is SunCoke Energy, Inc.'s moat score?

SunCoke Energy, Inc. (SXC) scores 40 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #17 of 36 scored companies in Materials: Construction, Forest & Carbon Materials, the top 47%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 35 companies in Materials: Construction, Forest & Carbon Materials. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (67/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (28/100).

How does SunCoke Energy, Inc. compare with other Materials: Construction, Forest & Carbon Materials companies?

SunCoke Energy, Inc. ranks #17 of 36 scored companies in Materials: Construction, Forest & Carbon Materials by moat score. The widest moat in Materials: Construction, Forest & Carbon Materials is United States Lime & Minerals, (USLM) at 82/100. The companies ranked closest are Warrior Met Coal, Inc. (HCC) at 43 just above it and James Hardie Industries plc (JHX) at 39 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 35 companies in Materials: Construction, Forest & Carbon Materials. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is SunCoke Energy, 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 SunCoke Energy, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SXC scores: Pricing Power (33), Cost Advantage (67), Customer Stickiness (50), Capital Efficiency (28), Resilience (32), Scale & Market Position (35). 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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