Avnet, Inc., distributes electronic component technology in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia/Pacific. It operates through two segments, Electronic Components and Farnell. The company markets, sells, and distributes semiconductors; interconnect, passive, and electromechanical components; and other integrated and embedded components from electronic component manufacturers. It also offers design support that provides engineers with technical design solutions; engineering …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.95), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Where AVT ranks in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components
Avnet, Inc. ranks #133 of 304
scored companies in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components by moat score — the top 44%.
The widest moat in the group is Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET)
at 86/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near AVT in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 72
· 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 47
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 63
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 33
· 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 41
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Avnet, Inc. (AVT) scores 52 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #133 of 304 scored companies in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components, the top 44%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 303 companies in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (72/100) and its weakest is Resilience (33/100).
How does Avnet, Inc. compare with other Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components companies?
Avnet, Inc. ranks #133 of 304 scored companies in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components by moat score. The widest moat in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components is Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Arrow Electronics, Inc. (ARW) at 52 just above it and Power Integrations, Inc. (POWI) at 51 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 303 companies in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Avnet, 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 Avnet, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and AVT scores: Pricing Power (54), Cost Advantage (72), Customer Stickiness (47), Capital Efficiency (63), Resilience (33), Scale & Market Position (41). 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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