AEON Biopharma, Inc. AEON

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
60/100
Moderate

About AEON Biopharma, Inc.

AEON Biopharma, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing botulinum toxins. It develops ABP-450 (prabotulinumtoxinA) injection for debilitating medical conditions, which completed Phase 2 study for the treatment of cervical dystonia and has an ongoing Phase 2 study for the treatment of chronic and episodic migraine, as well as develops ABP-450 for the treatment of gastroparesis and post-traumatic … Full AEON analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 90.7th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.

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Pricing Power

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Where AEON ranks in Biotechnology

AEON Biopharma, Inc. ranks #110 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score — the top 15%. The widest moat in the group is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) at 85/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near AEON in Biotechnology
# Company Moat score Rating
106 Assembly Biosciences, Inc. ASMB 60/100 Moderate
107 CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. CTMX 60/100 Moderate
108 Mesoblast Limited MESO 60/100 Moderate
109 Travere Therapeutics, Inc. TVTX 60/100 Moderate
110 AEON Biopharma, Inc. AEON 60/100 Moderate
111 Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. SRPT 60/100 Moderate
112 MacroGenics, Inc. MGNX 60/100 Moderate
113 ArriVent BioPharma, Inc. AVBP 60/100 Moderate
114 Septerna, Inc. SEPN 60/100 Moderate

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How AEON scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Not measurable · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Not measurable · 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

Not measurable · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 77 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 7 · 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

Not measurable · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding AEON's moat

What is AEON Biopharma, Inc.'s moat score?

AEON Biopharma, Inc. (AEON) scores 60 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #110 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology, the top 15%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 712 companies in Biotechnology. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (77/100) and its weakest is Resilience (7/100).

How does AEON Biopharma, Inc. compare with other Biotechnology companies?

AEON Biopharma, Inc. ranks #110 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score. The widest moat in Biotechnology is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) at 85/100. The companies ranked closest are Travere Therapeutics, Inc. (TVTX) at 60 just above it and Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (SRPT) at 60 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 712 companies in Biotechnology. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is AEON Biopharma, 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 AEON Biopharma, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and AEON scores: Pricing Power (not measurable), Cost Advantage (not measurable), Customer Stickiness (not measurable), Capital Efficiency (77), Resilience (7), Scale & Market Position (not measurable). 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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