Select Water Solutions, Inc. WTTR

Competitive advantage analysis · energy

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
39/100
Developing

Ranked against 49 peers in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

About Select Water Solutions, Inc.

Select Water Solutions, Inc. provides water management solutions to the energy industry in the United States. It operates in three segments: Water Infrastructure, Water Services, and Chemical Technologies. Its Water Infrastructure segment engages in the recycling, gathering, transferring, and disposal of water through a network of permanent pipeline infrastructure, water recycling and treatment facilities, water storage facilities, and SWDs and … Full WTTR analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.72), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 27.7th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.39), raising refinancing risk.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where WTTR ranks in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

Select Water Solutions, Inc. ranks #32 of 50 scored companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services by moat score — the top 64%. The widest moat in the group is Cactus, Inc. Class A Common Sto (WHD) at 78/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
28 Expro Group Holdings N.V. XPRO 48/100 Developing
29 Flotek Industries, Inc. FTK 47/100 Developing
30 Tetra Technologies, Inc. TTI 46/100 Developing
31 Ranger Energy Services, Inc. RNGR 44/100 Developing
32 Select Water Solutions, Inc. WTTR 39/100 Developing
33 RPC, Inc. RES 39/100 Developing
34 Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. FET 38/100 Developing
35 Drilling Tools International Co DTI 38/100 Developing
36 ProPetro Holding Corp. PUMP 34/100 Developing

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How WTTR scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 43 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 39 · 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 36 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 38 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 38 · 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 40 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding WTTR's moat

What is Select Water Solutions, Inc.'s moat score?

Select Water Solutions, Inc. (WTTR) scores 39 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #32 of 50 scored companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, the top 64%. 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 (43/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (36/100).

How does Select Water Solutions, Inc. compare with other Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies?

Select Water Solutions, Inc. ranks #32 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 Ranger Energy Services, Inc. (RNGR) at 44 just above it and RPC, Inc. (RES) at 39 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 Select Water Solutions, 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 Select Water Solutions, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and WTTR scores: Pricing Power (43), Cost Advantage (39), Customer Stickiness (36), Capital Efficiency (38), Resilience (38), Scale & Market Position (40). 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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