Accuray Incorporated ARAY

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Medical Devices & Diagnostics
Overall moat score
49/100
Developing

About Accuray Incorporated

Accuray Incorporated engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of radiosurgery and radiation therapy systems for the treatment of tumors in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, Japan, and China. The company offers the CyberKnife platform, a robotic stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy system used for the … Full ARAY analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Operating Margin vs Peers Operating margin level is strong vs peers (score 0.70). SG&A discipline is converting gross margin into operating profit efficiently.
  • Comfortable Interest Coverage Interest coverage quality is strong vs peers (score 0.73). Debt servicing capacity supports continued M&A optionality.

Key risks

  • Below-Peer Gross Margins Gross margin quality lags peers (score 0.17). May indicate commodity-like product mix or distributor margin drag.
  • Declining FCF Margin FCF trend score is negative (score 0.30). Declining FCF margin warrants scrutiny of capital allocation discipline.

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Pricing Power & Consumable Moat

Developing
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Where ARAY ranks in Medical Devices

Accuray Incorporated ranks #80 of 160 scored companies in Medical Devices by moat score — the top 50%. The widest moat in the group is iRadimed Corporation (IRMD) at 83/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near ARAY in Medical Devices
# Company Moat score Rating
76 Owlet, Inc. OWLT 49/100 Developing
77 CVRx, Inc. CVRX 49/100 Developing
78 Profound Medical Corp. PROF 49/100 Developing
79 Butterfly Network, Inc. BFLY 49/100 Developing
80 Accuray Incorporated ARAY 49/100 Developing
81 Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. TNDM 49/100 Developing
82 DIH Holding US, Inc. DHAI 48/100 Developing
83 Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited BDMDW 48/100 Developing
84 Baird Medical Investment Holdin BDMD 48/100 Developing

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How ARAY scores on the Medical Devices & Diagnostics defenses

Pricing Power & Consumable Moat

Score 32 · 25% of the moat score

In MedTech, pricing power is rarely about the machine — it is about what the machine consumes.

R&D Pipeline & Capital Returns

Score 64 · 20% of the moat score

Research spending is how a device company keeps its installed base current, but spending alone proves nothing.

FCF Quality & Cash Conversion

Score 48 · 20% of the moat score

MedTech companies grow by acquisition, and the resulting intangible amortisation depresses reported earnings without consuming any cash.

Commercial Execution

Score 54 · 15% of the moat score

Devices are sold into hospitals and labs through committees, tenders and long qualification cycles, which makes the sales organisation expensive and hard to replicate.

Capital Structure & Resilience

Score 47 · 12% of the moat score

Serial acquirers carry debt, and the question is whether the cash flows underneath it are dependable enough to service it through a downturn.

Growth Durability

Score 56 · 8% of the moat score

Growth durability separates an expanding installed base from a good product cycle.

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Understanding ARAY's moat

What is Accuray Incorporated's moat score?

Accuray Incorporated (ARAY) scores 49 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #80 of 160 scored companies in Medical Devices, the top 50%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 159 companies in Medical Devices. Its strongest defense is R&D Pipeline & Capital Returns (64/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power & Consumable Moat (32/100).

How does Accuray Incorporated compare with other Medical Devices companies?

Accuray Incorporated ranks #80 of 160 scored companies in Medical Devices by moat score. The widest moat in Medical Devices is iRadimed Corporation (IRMD) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Butterfly Network, Inc. (BFLY) at 49 just above it and Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (TNDM) at 48 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Medical Devices & Diagnostics 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 159 companies in Medical Devices. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Accuray Incorporated scored with the Medical Devices & Diagnostics template?

Medical device and diagnostics companies place an instrument once and then sell the consumables, reagents and service that instrument needs for the next decade. The economics are a razor-and-blade model wrapped in regulatory approval and clinician habit, so the MedTech template scores the durability of that installed base rather than the size of any single product launch.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Accuray Incorporated?

The Medical Devices & Diagnostics template measures 6 defenses, and ARAY scores: Pricing Power & Consumable Moat (32), R&D Pipeline & Capital Returns (64), FCF Quality & Cash Conversion (48), Commercial Execution (54), Capital Structure & Resilience (47), Growth Durability (56). 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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