Village Farms International, In VFF

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-defensive

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
74/100
Moderate

About Village Farms International, In

Village Farms International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces, markets, and distributes greenhouse grown tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, and mini-cukes in North America. It operates in five segments: Produce, Cannabis-Canada, Cannabis-U.S., Energy, and Leli. It produces and supplies cannabis products to other licensed providers and provincial governments in Canada and internationally; develops and sells cannabinoid-based health and wellness products, including … Full VFF analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.90), with robust interest coverage.
  • Consistent Cash Generation Cash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.96).

Key risks

  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.22), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
  • Volatile Margins Suggest Cyclicality Margin volatility is high (stability score 0.33), suggesting cyclical exposure or competitive pressure.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
72

Where VFF ranks in Farm Products

Village Farms International, In ranks #5 of 29 scored companies in Farm Products by moat score — the top 17%. The widest moat in the group is Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) at 80/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near VFF in Farm Products
# Company Moat score Rating
1 Smithfield Foods, Inc. SFD 80/100 Strong
2 Vital Farms, Inc. VITL 77/100 Strong
3 Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. CALM 77/100 Strong
4 Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. FDP 76/100 Strong
5 Village Farms International, In VFF 74/100 Moderate
6 Archer-Daniels-Midland Company ADM 64/100 Moderate
7 Dole plc DOLE 63/100 Moderate
8 Adecoagro S.A. AGRO 62/100 Moderate
9 CHS Inc CHSCM 61/100 Moderate

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How VFF 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 67 · 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 65 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 55 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 91 · 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 95 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding VFF's moat

What is Village Farms International, In's moat score?

Village Farms International, In (VFF) scores 74 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #5 of 29 scored companies in Farm Products, the top 17%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 28 companies in Farm Products. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (95/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (55/100).

How does Village Farms International, In compare with other Farm Products companies?

Village Farms International, In ranks #5 of 29 scored companies in Farm Products by moat score. The widest moat in Farm Products is Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) at 80/100. The companies ranked closest are Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. (FDP) at 76 just above it and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) at 64 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 Farm Products. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Village Farms International, In 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 Village Farms International, In?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and VFF scores: Pricing Power (72), Cost Advantage (67), Customer Stickiness (65), Capital Efficiency (55), Resilience (91), Scale & Market Position (95). 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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