Valmont Industries, Inc. operates as a manufacturer of products and services for infrastructure and agriculture markets in the United States, Australia, Brazil, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Infrastructure and Agriculture. It manufactures and distributes steel, pre-stressed concrete, composite structures for electrical transmission, substation, and distribution applications; and designs, engineers, and manufactures metal, steel, wood, aluminum, and composite …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative LeverageDebt serviceability is strong (score 0.86), with robust interest coverage.
Consistent Cash GenerationCash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.78).
The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks
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Valmont Industries, Inc. ranks #3 of 27
scored companies in Conglomerates by moat score — the top 11%.
The widest moat in the group is Steel Partners Holdings LP LTD (SPLP)
at 79/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near VMI in Conglomerates
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 65
· 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 72
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 76
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 81
· 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 64
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Valmont Industries, Inc. (VMI) scores 71 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #3 of 27 scored companies in Conglomerates, the top 11%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 26 companies in Conglomerates. Its strongest defense is Resilience (81/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (64/100).
How does Valmont Industries, Inc. compare with other Conglomerates companies?
Valmont Industries, Inc. ranks #3 of 27 scored companies in Conglomerates by moat score. The widest moat in Conglomerates is Steel Partners Holdings LP LTD (SPLP) at 79/100. The companies ranked closest are Honeywell International Inc. (HON) at 78 just above it and Deluxe Corporation (DLX) at 69 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 Conglomerates. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Valmont 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 Valmont Industries, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and VMI scores: Pricing Power (67), Cost Advantage (65), Customer Stickiness (72), Capital Efficiency (76), Resilience (81), Scale & Market Position (64). 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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