UEPCP.PFD (Union Electric Co) Moat Score : 4/10 (As of Jun. 27, 2025)

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What is Union Electric Co Moat Score?

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

Union Electric Co has Narrow Moat: Union Electric Co has a modest moat due to regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses in the utility sector. However, it lacks strong brand strength, network effects, and significant innovation capabilities, limiting its moat to a narrow category.

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 Union Electric Co might have Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat.

Competitive Comparison of Union Electric Co's Moat Score

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Union Electric Co'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.

Union Electric Co's Moat Score Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Union Electric Co's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Union Electric Co's Moat Score falls into.

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Union Electric Co (OTCPK:UEPCP.PFD) 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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Union Electric Co Business Description

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Address

1901 Chouteau Avenue, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63103

Website

https://www.ameren.com

Union Electric Co is engaged in providing a rate-regulated electric generation, transmission, and distribution business and a rate-regulated natural gas distribution business in Missouri. It supplies electric and natural gas service to a twenty-four thousand square-mile area in central and eastern Missouri, which includes the Greater St. Louis area. Ameren Missouri supplies electric service to one point two million customers and natural gas service to zero point one million customers.

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