Bristow Group, Inc. VTOL

Competitive advantage analysis · energy

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
60/100
Moderate

About Bristow Group, Inc.

Bristow Group Inc. provides vertical flight solutions to offshore energy companies and government agencies in the United Kingdom, Norway, the United States, Nigeria, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Offshore Energy Services, Government Services, and Other Services. The company offers various aviation services comprising personnel transportation, search and rescue (SAR), medevac, fixed wing transportation, unmanned systems, and ad-hoc helicopter … Full VTOL analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.74), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Scale Supporting Profitability Profitability at scale is strong (score 0.78), demonstrating competitive advantages.

Key risks

  • Inconsistent Cash Generation Cash generation is inconsistent (score 0.41), indicating operational challenges.

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

Strong
76

Where VTOL ranks in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

Bristow Group, Inc. ranks #21 of 50 scored companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services by moat score — the top 42%. The widest moat in the group is Cactus, Inc. Class A Common Sto (WHD) at 78/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near VTOL in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
# Company Moat score Rating
17 Core Laboratories Inc. CLB 62/100 Moderate
18 NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc. NCSM 62/100 Moderate
19 Natural Gas Services Group, Inc NGS 61/100 Moderate
20 Solaris Energy Infrastructure, SEI 61/100 Moderate
21 Bristow Group, Inc. VTOL 60/100 Moderate
22 Halliburton Company HAL 60/100 Moderate
23 Enerflex Ltd EFXT 55/100 Moderate
24 National Energy Services Reunit NESR 54/100 Moderate
25 North American Construction Gro NOA 52/100 Moderate

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How VTOL scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 76 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 32 · 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 64 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 67 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 48 · 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 70 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding VTOL's moat

What is Bristow Group, Inc.'s moat score?

Bristow Group, Inc. (VTOL) scores 60 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #21 of 50 scored companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, the top 42%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 49 companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (76/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (32/100).

How does Bristow Group, Inc. compare with other Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies?

Bristow Group, Inc. ranks #21 of 50 scored companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services is Cactus, Inc. Class A Common Sto (WHD) at 78/100. The companies ranked closest are Solaris Energy Infrastructure, (SEI) at 61 just above it and Halliburton Company (HAL) 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 49 companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Bristow Group, 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 Bristow Group, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and VTOL scores: Pricing Power (76), Cost Advantage (32), Customer Stickiness (64), Capital Efficiency (67), Resilience (48), Scale & Market Position (70). 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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