UFP Industries, Inc. UFPI

Competitive advantage analysis · basic-materials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
60/100
Moderate

About UFP Industries, Inc.

UFP Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and supplies wood and non-wood composites, and other materials in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Retail, Construction, and Packaging. The Retail segment offers pressure-treated and fire-retardant products under the ProWood brand; lawn and garden products, such as wood and vinyl fencing and lattice, garden beds and … Full UFPI analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.92), with robust interest coverage.
  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.88), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.32), suggesting weak customer stickiness.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
64

Where UFPI ranks in Materials: Construction, Forest & Carbon Materials

UFP Industries, Inc. ranks #11 of 36 scored companies in Materials: Construction, Forest & Carbon Materials by moat score — the top 31%. The widest moat in the group is United States Lime & Minerals, (USLM) at 82/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near UFPI in Materials: Construction, Forest & Carbon Materials
# Company Moat score Rating
7 Suzano S.A. SUZ 62/100 Moderate
8 Smith-Midland Corporation SMID 61/100 Moderate
9 CRH PLC CRH 61/100 Moderate
10 Sylvamo Corporation SLVM 61/100 Moderate
11 UFP Industries, Inc. UFPI 60/100 Moderate
12 Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. CPAC 60/100 Moderate
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

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How UFPI scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 64 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 52 · 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 46 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 58 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 84 · 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 52 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding UFPI's moat

What is UFP Industries, Inc.'s moat score?

UFP Industries, Inc. (UFPI) scores 60 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #11 of 36 scored companies in Materials: Construction, Forest & Carbon Materials, the top 31%. 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 Resilience (84/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (46/100).

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

UFP Industries, Inc. ranks #11 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 Sylvamo Corporation (SLVM) at 61 just above it and Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC) at 60 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 UFP Industries, 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 UFP Industries, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and UFPI scores: Pricing Power (64), Cost Advantage (52), Customer Stickiness (46), Capital Efficiency (58), Resilience (84), Scale & Market Position (52). 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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