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FLOTEK INDUSTRIES INC/CN

FTK · Materials · $788.5M mkt cap · FY2025 filings · No moat ·

Doesn't clear the bar

21/ 100
No moat

The four filters

Pricing power0

Median gross margin 12.2% over 8y, variable.

Returns on capital12

Median ROIC -4.1%, above the 9% hurdle in 33% of years.

Balance-sheet safety44

Net debt/EBITDA 1.5x, interest coverage 6x.

Capital discipline44

Owner earnings trend unclear, share count n/a.

Margin of safety

Above valueOn sale
No price data
Owner earnings (normalized)
—
Est. intrinsic value / share
—
Recent price
$26.17
Discount to value
No price data

Conservative model: 9% discount rate, 0% assumed growth (capped at 4%), maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A).

18 years of fundamentals

The business, in plain English

FLOTEK INDUSTRIES INC/CN booked $237.3M of revenue in FY2025 in the Materials sector and kept 25.2% of it as gross profit — a moderate-margin business by that measure. After every other cost, 12.9% of each revenue dollar reached the bottom line.

Across the filed record, revenue grew from $112.5M (FY2009) to $237.3M (FY2025) — about 4.8% a year compounded over 16 years.

It earned 15.8% on invested capital in FY2025, with a median of −0.2% across 16 filed years. The Returns on Capital filter above scores it 12/100.

The balance sheet carried $40.0M of total debt in FY2025. Balance-Sheet Safety scores it 44/100.

The share count fell 14.7% between FY2010 and FY2025 — management has been retiring shares, which concentrates each remaining owner's claim. Capital Discipline scores it 44/100.

Put together: Balance-Sheet Safety is the strongest of the four filters (44/100) and Pricing Power the weakest (0/100), which is how FTK lands at 21/100 — a None moat.

This breakdown is generated from the filed numbers and sub-scores above — no outside narrative, no estimates. Where a filing doesn’t disclose an input, the sentence that would need it is omitted instead of guessed.

FY2008–FY2025 · 18 fiscal years, normalized from FTK’s SEC filings

RevenueSales, as filed$237.3M FY2025
$0$200M$400M2008201420202025
Gross marginRevenue kept after cost of goods25.2% FY2025
−50%0%50%2008201420202025
Return on invested capitalOperating profit on the capital employed15.8% FY2025
−500%0%2008201420202025
Owner earningsCash an owner could take out−$42.7M FY2022
−$100M$02008201420202025

Gaps in a line mean that item isn’t in FTK’s filings for that year — the series is never interpolated or estimated. The Table view lists every filed value, including operating and net margins, total debt, and share count.

Moat Score history

3 logged readings since Jul 17, 2026 · append-only, never rewritten

Moat Score over timeLast scored reading of each day, on the 0–100 scale21.2 / 100
0406080100WideNarrowShallowNo moatJul 17, 2026

Score history begins Jul 17, 2026 — the record builds from here and can’t be backfilled.

Tier changesSame-methodology crossings of the Wide / Narrow / Shallow bars

None yet — FTK has read No moat for every logged capture since Jul 17, 2026.

Scores are logged append-only and never overwritten — this record can’t be backfilled, which is exactly why it’s worth keeping.

Materials context

#182 of 214 scored Materials companies, ranked by Moat Score.

Nearest peers by Moat Score

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  2. #181ECVT Ecovyst Inc.21.6No moat
  3. #183NESR NATIONAL ENERGY SERVICES REUNITED CORP.21.1No moat
  4. #184UUUU ENERGY FUELS INC.20.8No moat

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Common questions about FTK

Does FLOTEK INDUSTRIES INC/CN have an economic moat?
Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores FLOTEK INDUSTRIES INC/CN (FTK) 21.2 out of 100 — below the Shallow-moat bar, so no moat. The four filters behind that score (each 0–100): pricing power 0, returns on capital 12, balance-sheet safety 44, capital discipline 44.
How has FTK's Moat Score changed over time?
The record logs 3 readings since Jul 17, 2026; the latest reads 21.2 out of 100 (no moat). No tier changes on record yet. The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.
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