Dutch Bros Inc. BROS

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
63/100
Moderate

About Dutch Bros Inc.

Dutch Bros Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates and franchises drive-thru shops in the United States. The company sells and distributes coffee, coffee-related products, and accessories. It operates through Company-Operated Shops and Franchising and Other segments. The company sells its products under various brands such as Dutch Bros, Dutch Bros Coffee, Dutch Bros Rebel, Dutch Bros, and Blue Rebel. Dutch … Full BROS analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.73), with robust interest coverage.
  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 75.9th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.

Key risks

  • Volatile Margins Suggest Cyclicality Margin volatility is high (stability score 0.11), suggesting cyclical exposure or competitive pressure.

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

Developing
42

Where BROS ranks in Restaurants

Dutch Bros Inc. ranks #17 of 57 scored companies in Restaurants by moat score — the top 30%. The widest moat in the group is Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) at 83/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near BROS in Restaurants
# Company Moat score Rating
13 Brinker International, Inc. EAT 68/100 Moderate
14 The Cheesecake Factory Incorpor CAKE 67/100 Moderate
15 El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. LOCO 65/100 Moderate
16 Shake Shack, Inc. SHAK 64/100 Moderate
17 Dutch Bros Inc. BROS 63/100 Moderate
18 Dine Brands Global, Inc. Common DIN 61/100 Moderate
19 SUPER HI INTERNATIONAL HOLDING HDL 61/100 Moderate
20 Flanigan's Enterprises, Inc. BDL 61/100 Moderate
21 Starbucks Corporation SBUX 60/100 Moderate

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How BROS scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 42 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 58 · 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 68 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 72 · 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 75 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding BROS's moat

What is Dutch Bros Inc.'s moat score?

Dutch Bros Inc. (BROS) scores 63 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #17 of 57 scored companies in Restaurants, the top 30%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 56 companies in Restaurants. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (75/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (42/100).

How does Dutch Bros Inc. compare with other Restaurants companies?

Dutch Bros Inc. ranks #17 of 57 scored companies in Restaurants by moat score. The widest moat in Restaurants is Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Shake Shack, Inc. (SHAK) at 64 just above it and Dine Brands Global, Inc. Common (DIN) 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 56 companies in Restaurants. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Dutch Bros 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 Dutch Bros Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and BROS scores: Pricing Power (42), Cost Advantage (58), Customer Stickiness (66), Capital Efficiency (68), Resilience (72), Scale & Market Position (75). 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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