Unifi, Inc. New UFI

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
43/100
Developing

About Unifi, Inc. New

Unifi, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of recycled and synthetic products in North America, Central America, South America, Asia, and Europe. It offers polyester products, including partially oriented yarn, textured, solution and package dyed, twisted, beamed, and draw wound yarns in virgin or recycled varieties; and nylon products comprise virgin or recycled textured, solution … Full UFI analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.82), suggesting sticky customer base.
  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.93), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 39.1th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.18), suggesting limited competitive advantage.

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
29

Where UFI ranks in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing

Unifi, Inc. New ranks #17 of 29 scored companies in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing by moat score — the top 59%. The widest moat in the group is Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL) at 83/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near UFI in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing
# Company Moat score Rating
13 Superior Group of Companies, In SGC 52/100 Moderate
14 V.F. Corporation VFC 51/100 Moderate
15 Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. JRSH 49/100 Developing
16 Neo-Concept International Group NCI 49/100 Developing
17 Unifi, Inc. New UFI 43/100 Developing
18 LightInTheBox Holding Co., Ltd. LITB 43/100 Developing
19 Vince Holding Corp. VNCE 42/100 Developing
20 Hanesbrands Inc. HBI 41/100 Developing
21 Albany International Corporatio AIN 40/100 Developing

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How UFI scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 29 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 64 · 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 58 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 37 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 49 · 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 30 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding UFI's moat

What is Unifi, Inc. New's moat score?

Unifi, Inc. New (UFI) scores 43 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #17 of 29 scored companies in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing, the top 59%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 28 companies in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (64/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (29/100).

How does Unifi, Inc. New compare with other Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing companies?

Unifi, Inc. New ranks #17 of 29 scored companies in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing by moat score. The widest moat in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing is Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Neo-Concept International Group (NCI) at 49 just above it and LightInTheBox Holding Co., Ltd. (LITB) at 42 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 28 companies in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Unifi, Inc. New 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 Unifi, Inc. New?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and UFI scores: Pricing Power (29), Cost Advantage (64), Customer Stickiness (58), Capital Efficiency (37), Resilience (49), Scale & Market Position (30). 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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