Sypris Solutions, Inc. SYPR

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
34/100
Developing

About Sypris Solutions, Inc.

Sypris Solutions, Inc. engages in the provision of truck components, oil and gas and water pipeline components, and aerospace and defense electronics primarily in North America and Mexico. It operates in two segments, Sypris Technologies and Sypris Electronics. The Sypris Technologies segment supplies forged, machined, welded, and heat-treated steel components for the commercial vehicle, off highway vehicle, recreational vehicle, automotive, … Full SYPR analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 19.6th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 27.3th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.

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 SYPR ranks in Auto Parts

Sypris Solutions, Inc. ranks #40 of 60 scored companies in Auto Parts by moat score — the top 67%. The widest moat in the group is Allison Transmission Holdings, (ALSN) at 83/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near SYPR in Auto Parts
# Company Moat score Rating
36 Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. CVGI 39/100 Developing
37 Stoneridge, Inc. SRI 38/100 Developing
38 CarParts.com, Inc. PRTS 34/100 Developing
39 ECARX Holdings Inc. ECX 34/100 Developing
40 Sypris Solutions, Inc. SYPR 34/100 Developing
41 ECARX Holdings Inc. Warrants ECXWW 33/100 Developing
42 Fox Factory Holding Corp. FOXF 32/100 Developing
43 SES AI Corporation SES 30/100 Developing
44 QuantumScape Corporation QS 29/100 Developing

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How SYPR 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 46 · 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 42 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 23 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 41 · 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 27 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding SYPR's moat

What is Sypris Solutions, Inc.'s moat score?

Sypris Solutions, Inc. (SYPR) scores 34 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #40 of 60 scored companies in Auto Parts, the top 67%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 59 companies in Auto Parts. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (46/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (23/100).

How does Sypris Solutions, Inc. compare with other Auto Parts companies?

Sypris Solutions, Inc. ranks #40 of 60 scored companies in Auto Parts by moat score. The widest moat in Auto Parts is Allison Transmission Holdings, (ALSN) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are ECARX Holdings Inc. (ECX) at 34 just above it and ECARX Holdings Inc. Warrants (ECXWW) at 33 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 59 companies in Auto Parts. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Sypris 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 Sypris Solutions, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SYPR scores: Pricing Power (28), Cost Advantage (46), Customer Stickiness (42), Capital Efficiency (23), Resilience (41), Scale & Market Position (27). 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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