Ternium S.A. Ternium S.A. TX

Competitive advantage analysis · basic-materials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
49/100
Developing

About Ternium S.A. Ternium S.A.

Ternium S.A., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes steel products in Mexico, Southern Region, Brazil, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Steel and Mining. The Steel segment offers slabs, heavy plates, hot and cold rolled products, coated products, stamped steel parts for the automotive industry, roll-formed and tubular products, billets, bars, and other products, including sales of energy. … Full TX analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Consistent Cash Generation Cash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.73).
  • Cash Generation Consistent Cash generation is consistent (score 0.73), indicating reliable business model.

Key risks

  • Volatile Margins Suggest Cyclicality Margin volatility is high (stability score 0.29), suggesting cyclical exposure or competitive pressure.

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Pricing Power

Developing
45

Where TX ranks in Steel

Ternium S.A. Ternium S.A. ranks #14 of 27 scored companies in Steel by moat score — the top 52%. The widest moat in the group is Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. (SIM) at 79/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near TX in Steel
# Company Moat score Rating
10 Arcelor Mittal NY Registry Shar MT 57/100 Moderate
11 Hongli Group Inc. HLP 56/100 Moderate
12 POSCO Holdings Inc. PKX 55/100 Moderate
13 Worthington Steel, Inc. WS 53/100 Moderate
14 Ternium S.A. Ternium S.A. TX 49/100 Developing
15 Metallus Inc. MTUS 48/100 Developing
16 Huadi International Group Co., HUDI 47/100 Developing
17 Companhia Siderurgica Nacional SID 43/100 Developing
18 Ascent Industries Co. ACNT 40/100 Developing

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How TX scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 45 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 50 · 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 62 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 41 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 61 · 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 37 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding TX's moat

What is Ternium S.A. Ternium S.A.'s moat score?

Ternium S.A. Ternium S.A. (TX) scores 49 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #14 of 27 scored companies in Steel, the top 52%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 26 companies in Steel. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (62/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (37/100).

How does Ternium S.A. Ternium S.A. compare with other Steel companies?

Ternium S.A. Ternium S.A. ranks #14 of 27 scored companies in Steel by moat score. The widest moat in Steel is Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. (SIM) at 79/100. The companies ranked closest are Worthington Steel, Inc. (WS) at 53 just above it and Metallus Inc. (MTUS) at 48 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 26 companies in Steel. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Ternium S.A. Ternium S.A. 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 Ternium S.A. Ternium S.A.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and TX scores: Pricing Power (45), Cost Advantage (50), Customer Stickiness (62), Capital Efficiency (41), Resilience (61), Scale & Market Position (37). 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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