Does Customers Bancorp, Inc 5.375% S have an economic moat?
Not clearly
Customers Bancorp, Inc 5.375% S earns 8.2% a year on the money invested in it, a return competitors could match.
The numbers behind it
Return on invested capital, average of recent years8.2%
Return on invested capital, latest year1.4%
Gross margin41.1%Share of each sale left after production costs
Net margin19.1%
How we decide
A moat shows up in the numbers as high returns that last. We call it likely when the average return on invested capital over recent years is at least 15% and the gross margin at least 40%, and possible from 10%. The numbers can't show where a moat comes from (brand, network, patents), only that one seems to exist.
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Data as of Nov 13, 2026.