Climb Global Solutions, Inc. CLMB

Competitive advantage analysis · technology

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
63/100
Moderate

About Climb Global Solutions, Inc.

Climb Global Solutions, Inc. operates as a value-added information technology (IT) distribution and solutions company in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the United Kingdom. It operates through two segments, Distribution and Solutions. The company distributes technical software to corporate and value-added resellers, consultants, and systems integrators under the name Climb Channel Solutions; and provides cloud solutions and resells software, … Full CLMB analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 85.6th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.96), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • Liquidity Concerns Liquidity is concerning (score 0.14), raising questions about short-term obligations.
  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.39), suggesting limited competitive advantage.

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

Moderate
61

Where CLMB ranks in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components

Climb Global Solutions, Inc. ranks #83 of 304 scored companies in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components by moat score — the top 27%. The widest moat in the group is Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near CLMB in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components
# Company Moat score Rating
79 Daktronics, Inc. DAKT 64/100 Moderate
80 Extreme Networks, Inc. EXTR 64/100 Moderate
81 Tower Semiconductor Ltd. TSEM 63/100 Moderate
82 Plexus Corp. PLXS 63/100 Moderate
83 Climb Global Solutions, Inc. CLMB 63/100 Moderate
84 Dell Technologies Inc. DELL 63/100 Moderate
85 Silicon Motion Technology Corpo SIMO 63/100 Moderate
86 Flex Ltd. FLEX 62/100 Moderate
87 Novanta Inc. NOVT 62/100 Moderate

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How CLMB scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 61 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 71 · 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 56 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 88 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 52 · 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 48 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding CLMB's moat

What is Climb Global Solutions, Inc.'s moat score?

Climb Global Solutions, Inc. (CLMB) scores 63 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #83 of 304 scored companies in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components, the top 27%. 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 Capital Efficiency (88/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (48/100).

How does Climb Global Solutions, Inc. compare with other Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components companies?

Climb Global Solutions, Inc. ranks #83 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 Plexus Corp. (PLXS) at 63 just above it and Dell Technologies Inc. (DELL) at 63 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 Climb Global Solutions, 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 Climb Global Solutions, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CLMB scores: Pricing Power (61), Cost Advantage (71), Customer Stickiness (56), Capital Efficiency (88), Resilience (52), Scale & Market Position (48). 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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