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Supreme Industries Moat Analysis: Score & Risks

Moat Note · First-pass

Supreme Industries Ltd.

A first-pass moat teardown of Supreme Industries Ltd., built from single-pass filing evidence. Free note — provisional, and the full two-pass deep dive may revise it.

Moat & Margin16 Aug 2026 First-pass · ~3 min
5.47 / 10
NARROWIndustrial OEM-led

First-pass narrow read — primary edge in Cost Advantage. Provisional, single-pass evidence.

Provisional score · subject to modification based on new evidence

Supreme Industries Ltd. scores 5.47 on MoatSCORE 6.0 — a narrow moat in Capital Goods. This is a first-pass note: the dimensional read and the filing receipts below come from a single GFIP evidence pass, not the full two-pass deep corpus behind our flagship deep dives. Provisional — published free while the deep version is queued.

The teardown

Seven dimensions of moat

Ordered by contribution. Each dimension carries a verified filing quote, graded [M] mechanism or [O] outcome.

D3Cost Advantage6.5
M · Mechanism Verified verbatim

“The Cost Management Project, code named "Rainbow Project" for focused cost reduction, launched last year is now matured with bringing in culture to look for avenues for cost saving projects and work on it.”

Supreme Industries Ltd. · Annual Report · p.53
D1Network Effects6
M · Mechanism Verified verbatim

“The Company's active Channels Partners strength increased to 5060 Nos as on 31st March 2024 as compared to 4577 Nos as on 31st March 2023.”

Supreme Industries Ltd. · FY2023-24 Annual Report · p.49
D6Efficient Scale5.7
M · Mechanism Verified verbatim

“The Company has incurred Capex of r 126 crores in this year and been put to use in its' various plants to build more capacities and increase range of products.”

Supreme Industries Ltd. · Annual Report · p.39
D2Switching Costs5.2
M · Mechanism Verified verbatim

“We are still not a player. We are now getting approval in various locations.”

Supreme Industries Ltd. · Earnings Call · p.18
D5Intangible Assets4.8
M · Mechanism Verified verbatim

“Consumer Products segment business degrew by 8% in volume and 1% in value term.”

Supreme Industries Ltd. · Earnings Call · p.4
D4Price Discretion4.7
M · Mechanism Verified verbatim

“This type of price volatility in a very short period led to deep destocking in the entire trade channel.”

Supreme Industries Ltd. · Earnings Call · p.4
D7Counter-PositioningExcluded
Excluded for this archetype.
D8Ungoverned RiskUnscored · Layer 2.5

D8 rating: ADEQUATE. Not part of the moat score — it governs the cost of equity and the fade window. First-pass; not yet deep-reviewed.

The barrier gate

The barrier gate — first-pass

Replication — can a rival copy it?6.5
How hard it is for a rival to copy the edge (first-pass estimate).
Bypass — can a rival route around it?6.0
How easily a rival can route around the edge (first-pass estimate).

Effective barrier 6 — at or above 6, consistent with a narrow read. First-pass estimate.

What would change our mind
  1. Deep two-pass review. This draft rests on a single GFIP evidence pass; the full 10-year AR + concall corpus may move the read.

  2. The barrier gate. A firmer replication or bypass estimate is the most likely thing to shift the band.

  3. Adverse events. Any governance, regulatory or funding shock captured in D8 could re-rate the fade window.

First-pass note — provisional single-pass MoatSCORE 6.0 read, not the full deep dive. Educational research, not investment advice; no buy/sell recommendation, no price target. Moat & Margin is not a SEBI-registered Research Analyst or Investment Adviser.