Advantage Solutions Inc. provides business solutions to consumer packaged goods companies and retailers in North America, Asia Pacific, and Europe. It operates in three segments: Branded Services, Experiential Services, and Retailer Services. The company offers brokerage services to branded consumer goods manufacturers and retailers; and analytical services, such as retailer point-of-sale, primary market, and shopper research, as well as services, …
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Advantage Solutions Inc. ranks #24 of 45
scored companies in Advertising Agencies by moat score — the top 53%.
The widest moat in the group is Glory Star New Media Group Hold (GSMGW)
at 83/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near ADV in Advertising Agencies
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 69
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 56
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 29
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 44
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 48
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Advantage Solutions Inc. (ADV) scores 43 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #24 of 45 scored companies in Advertising Agencies, the top 53%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 44 companies in Advertising Agencies. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (69/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (23/100).
How does Advantage Solutions Inc. compare with other Advertising Agencies companies?
Advantage Solutions Inc. ranks #24 of 45 scored companies in Advertising Agencies by moat score. The widest moat in Advertising Agencies is Glory Star New Media Group Hold (GSMGW) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Able View Global Inc. Warrant (ABLVW) at 43 just above it and Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (DLPN) at 42 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 44 companies in Advertising Agencies. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Advantage Solutions Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Advantage Solutions Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and ADV scores: Pricing Power (23), Cost Advantage (69), Customer Stickiness (56), Capital Efficiency (29), Resilience (44), Scale & Market Position (48). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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