Does NORTHANN CORP. have an economic moat?

Based on its FY2024 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores NORTHANN CORP. (NCL) 22.9 out of 100 — below the Shallow-moat bar, so no moat. The four filters behind that score (each 0–100): pricing power 17, returns on capital 12, balance-sheet safety 28, capital discipline 44.

How has NCL's Moat Score changed over time?

The record logs 1 reading since Jul 18, 2026; the latest reads 22.9 out of 100 (no moat). No tier changes on record yet. The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.

The Moat Index

NORTHANN CORP.

NCL · Materials · $8.8M mkt cap · FY2024 filings · No moat ·

Doesn't clear the bar

No moat

The four filters

Pricing power17

Median gross margin 25.9% over 3y, variable.

Returns on capital12

Median ROIC -18.7%, above the 9% hurdle in 33% of years.

Balance-sheet safety28

Net debt/EBITDA n/ax, interest coverage -4x.

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: $0.16
Discount to value: No price data

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

4 years of fundamentals

The business, in plain English

NORTHANN CORP. booked $15.3M of revenue in FY2024 in the Materials sector and kept 25.9% of it as gross profit — a moderate-margin business by that measure. After every other cost, −28.5% of each revenue dollar reached the bottom line.

It earned −18.7% on invested capital in FY2024, with a median of −18.7% across 3 filed years. The Returns on Capital filter above scores it 12/100.

The balance sheet carried $4.7M of total debt in FY2024. Balance-Sheet Safety scores it 28/100.

Put together: Capital Discipline is the strongest of the four filters (44/100) and Returns on Capital the weakest (12/100), which is how NCL lands at 23/100 — 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.

RevenueSales, as filed$15.3M FY2024

Gross marginRevenue kept after cost of goods25.9% FY2024

Return on invested capitalOperating profit on the capital employed−18.7% FY2024

Owner earningsCash an owner could take out−$4.4M FY2024

Gaps in a line mean that item isn’t in NCL’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

Moat Score over timeLast scored reading of each day, on the 0–100 scale22.9 / 100

Score history begins Jul 18, 2026 — the record builds from here and can’t be backfilled.

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

None yet — NCL has read No moat for every logged capture since Jul 18, 2026.

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

Track record

How NORTHANN CORP.’s moat rated in each of the years we can reconstruct from its filings — scored only on what was knowable at the time — and what its price and returns did afterward. The score never saw a price; the two are joined only in hindsight, for education, not as a signal.

As-of Moat Score (dot colored by tier)Indexed price (total-return (dividends reinvested))Rated Wide-moat that year

How to read this: each dot is what the engine would have scored NCL on that December 31; the line below is its total-return price path (dividends reinvested) in the years since.

Two tracks, one timeline: the score has its own 0–100 scale (top), the price its own 100-based scale (bottom) — never a shared axis. The price path is a total-return (dividends reinvested) index built from the same data the forward returns use; gaps in the score line are years with no reconstructed rating (see the table for why). The Table view carries every value.

What followed, in the years it rated Wide

In the reconstructed history shown, NCL did not rate Wide-moat in any year, so there is no wide-moat track record to report. That absence is itself the honest answer — we don’t manufacture a comparison where the rating never earned one.

Materials context

#186 of 231 scored Materials companies, ranked by Moat Score.

Nearest peers by Moat Score

#184WBTN WEBTOON Entertainment Inc.23.0 out of 100, No moatNo moat
#185MOS MOSAIC CO22.9 out of 100, No moatNo moat
#187LQMT LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES INC22.5 out of 100, No moatNo moat
#188DYNR DYNARESOURCE, INC.22.3 out of 100, No moatNo moat

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Common questions about NCL

Does NORTHANN CORP. have an economic moat?: Based on its FY2024 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores NORTHANN CORP. (NCL) 22.9 out of 100 — below the Shallow-moat bar, so no moat. The four filters behind that score (each 0–100): pricing power 17, returns on capital 12, balance-sheet safety 28, capital discipline 44.
How has NCL's Moat Score changed over time?: The record logs 1 reading since Jul 18, 2026; the latest reads 22.9 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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