Auna S.A., a healthcare service provider, operates hospitals and clinics in Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. The company provides prepaid healthcare plans; and dental and vision insurance plans. It also sells medicines. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Scale Supporting ProfitabilityProfitability at scale is strong (score 0.77), demonstrating competitive advantages.
Cost Leadership PositionOperating margin at 86.3th percentile with strong OpEx control demonstrates cost leadership.
Auna SA ranks #19 of 58
scored companies in Medical Care Facilities by moat score — the top 33%.
The widest moat in the group is Encompass Health Corporation (EHC)
at 77/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near AUNA in Medical Care Facilities
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 68
· 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 66
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 51
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 48
· 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 77
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Auna SA (AUNA) scores 62 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #19 of 58 scored companies in Medical Care Facilities, the top 33%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 57 companies in Medical Care Facilities. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (77/100) and its weakest is Resilience (48/100).
How does Auna SA compare with other Medical Care Facilities companies?
Auna SA ranks #19 of 58 scored companies in Medical Care Facilities by moat score. The widest moat in Medical Care Facilities is Encompass Health Corporation (EHC) at 77/100. The companies ranked closest are Ardent Health Partners, Inc. (ARDT) at 62 just above it and Surgery Partners, Inc. (SGRY) at 61 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 57 companies in Medical Care Facilities. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Auna SA 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 Auna SA?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and AUNA scores: Pricing Power (65), Cost Advantage (68), Customer Stickiness (66), Capital Efficiency (51), Resilience (48), Scale & Market Position (77). 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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