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NMTAF (Neometals) Moat Score : 4/10 (As of Jul. 24, 2025)


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What is Neometals Moat Score?

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

Neometals has Narrow Moat: Neometals Ltd has a discernible but modest moat due to its proprietary technology in battery materials. However, it faces significant competition and lacks strong brand strength or customer loyalty, limiting its competitive advantage.

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 Neometals might have Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat.


Competitive Comparison of Neometals's Moat Score

For the Waste Management subindustry, Neometals'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.


Neometals's Moat Score Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Neometals's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

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


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

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Neometals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1292 Hay Street, Level 1, Perth, WA, AUS, 6005
Neometals Ltd has developed and is commercialising three environmentally-friendly processing technologies that produce critical and strategic battery materials. Across three business units, above-ground feedstocks are targeted for lithium-ion battery recycling, vanadium recovery and downstream lithium processing opportunities that support the energy transition. The technologies are being exploited as principal, in joint venture and licensed for royalties.