Teledyne Technologies Incorpora TDY

Competitive advantage analysis · technology

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
71/100
Moderate

About Teledyne Technologies Incorpora

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets in the United States, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The Digital Imaging provides visible spectrum sensors and digital cameras; and infrared, ultraviolet, visible, and X-ray spectra products, as well as micro electromechanical systems and semiconductors, including analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters. This segment offers cooled and uncooled infrared or thermal products, including … Full TDY analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.77), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 71.0th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.

Key risks

  • Liquidity Concerns Liquidity is concerning (score 0.19), raising questions about short-term obligations.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
72

Where TDY ranks in Scientific & Technical Instruments

Teledyne Technologies Incorpora ranks #4 of 34 scored companies in Scientific & Technical Instruments by moat score — the top 12%. The widest moat in the group is Garmin Ltd. (GRMN) at 85/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near TDY in Scientific & Technical Instruments
# Company Moat score Rating
1 Garmin Ltd. GRMN 85/100 Strong
2 Ituran Location and Control Ltd ITRN 82/100 Strong
3 Badger Meter, Inc. BMI 82/100 Strong
4 Teledyne Technologies Incorpora TDY 71/100 Moderate
5 Keysight Technologies Inc. KEYS 71/100 Moderate
6 Vontier Corporation VNT 70/100 Moderate
7 Cognex Corporation CGNX 70/100 Moderate
8 Fortive Corporation FTV 69/100 Moderate
9 ESCO Technologies Inc. ESE 68/100 Moderate

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How TDY scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 72 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 92 · 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 66 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 77 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 52 · 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 67 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding TDY's moat

What is Teledyne Technologies Incorpora's moat score?

Teledyne Technologies Incorpora (TDY) scores 71 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #4 of 34 scored companies in Scientific & Technical Instruments, the top 12%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 33 companies in Scientific & Technical Instruments. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (92/100) and its weakest is Resilience (52/100).

How does Teledyne Technologies Incorpora compare with other Scientific & Technical Instruments companies?

Teledyne Technologies Incorpora ranks #4 of 34 scored companies in Scientific & Technical Instruments by moat score. The widest moat in Scientific & Technical Instruments is Garmin Ltd. (GRMN) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI) at 82 just above it and Keysight Technologies Inc. (KEYS) at 70 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 33 companies in Scientific & Technical Instruments. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Teledyne Technologies Incorpora 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 Teledyne Technologies Incorpora?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and TDY scores: Pricing Power (72), Cost Advantage (92), Customer Stickiness (66), Capital Efficiency (77), Resilience (52), Scale & Market Position (67). 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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