Adecoagro (FRA:ACD) Moat Score : 4/10 (As of Jul. 07, 2025)

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What is Adecoagro Moat Score?

Adecoagro has the Moat Score of 4, which implies that the company might have Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat.

Adecoagro has Narrow Moat: Adecoagro SA has a discernible but modest moat due to its market presence in agriculture and some cost advantages. However, it lacks significant customer switching costs, intellectual property, and regulatory barriers, limiting its competitive edge.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Adecoagro might have Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat.

Competitive Comparison of Adecoagro's Moat Score

For the Farm Products subindustry, Adecoagro's Moat Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Moat Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Adecoagro's Moat Score Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Adecoagro's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Adecoagro's Moat Score falls into.

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Adecoagro (FRA:ACD) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score	Moat Level
10	Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9	Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7	Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6	Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5	Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4	Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3	No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0	No Moat - No discernible moat

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Adecoagro Business Description

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Address

28, Boulevard F.W, Raiffeisen, LUX, L-2411

Website

https://www.adecoagro.com

Adecoagro SA is a Luxembourg-based agricultural company. It is involved in a wide range of businesses, including farming crops and other agricultural products, dairy operations sugar, ethanol, energy production, and land transformation. The group operates in two lines of business, namely, Farming and Sugar, Ethanol and Energy. The Farming is further comprised of three reportable segments: Crops, Rice and Dairy. Sugar, Ethanol and Energy Segment, consists of cultivating sugarcane, which is processed in owned sugar mills, transformed into ethanol, sugar and electricity, in addition to biomethane and then marketed.

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