Air Liquide (MEX:AI N) Moat Score : 8/10 (As of Jun. 29, 2025)

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What is Air Liquide Moat Score?

Air Liquide has the Moat Score of 8, which implies that the company might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

Air Liquide has Wide Moat: Air Liquide SA has a robust wide moat due to its market leadership, strong brand, and economies of scale. It benefits from significant customer switching costs and regulatory barriers in industrial gases.

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 Air Liquide might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

Competitive Comparison of Air Liquide's Moat Score

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Air Liquide'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.

Air Liquide's Moat Score Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Air Liquide's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

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

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Air Liquide (MEX:AI N) 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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Air Liquide Business Description

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Address

75, Quai d'Orsay, Paris, FRA, 75007

Website

https://www.airliquide.com

Founded in 1902, Air Liquide is one of the leading industrial gas companies in the world, serving over 3.8 million customers in 78 countries. The company generated approximately EUR 27.1 billion of revenue in 2024, serving a wide range of industries, including chemicals, energy, healthcare, food and beverage, and electronics. Air Liquide employs approximately 65,000 people.

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