ClearOne, Inc. CLRO

Competitive advantage analysis · technology

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
48/100
Developing

Ranked against 58 peers in Communication Equipment

About ClearOne, Inc.

ClearOne, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and sells conferencing, collaboration, and network streaming solutions for voice and visual communications in the United States and internationally. The company offers audio conferencing products, including professional audio conferencing and sound-reinforcement products for use in enterprise, healthcare, education and distance learning, government, legal, and finance organizations; mid-tier premium conferencing products for smaller … Full CLRO analysis →

Key strengths

  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 98.1th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
  • Cash Generation Consistent Cash generation is consistent (score 1.00), indicating reliable business model.

Key risks

  • Below-Peer Operating Efficiency Operating margin at 24.5th percentile indicates below-peer efficiency.
  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.36), suggesting limited competitive advantage.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where CLRO ranks in Communication Equipment

ClearOne, Inc. ranks #27 of 59 scored companies in Communication Equipment by moat score — the top 46%. The widest moat in the group is Ubiquiti Inc. (UI) at 82/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
23 ViaSat, Inc. VSAT 53/100 Moderate
24 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Comp HPE 51/100 Moderate
25 KVH Industries, Inc. KVHI 50/100 Moderate
26 Clearfield, Inc. CLFD 49/100 Developing
27 ClearOne, Inc. CLRO 48/100 Developing
28 Sonim Technologies, Inc. SONM 47/100 Developing
29 Optical Cable Corporation OCC 47/100 Developing
30 NETGEAR, Inc. NTGR 43/100 Developing
31 Moving iMage Technologies, Inc. MITQ 43/100 Developing

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How CLRO scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 33 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 22 · 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 70 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 74 · 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 37 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding CLRO's moat

What is ClearOne, Inc.'s moat score?

ClearOne, Inc. (CLRO) scores 48 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #27 of 59 scored companies in Communication Equipment, the top 46%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 58 companies in Communication Equipment. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (74/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (22/100).

How does ClearOne, Inc. compare with other Communication Equipment companies?

ClearOne, Inc. ranks #27 of 59 scored companies in Communication Equipment by moat score. The widest moat in Communication Equipment is Ubiquiti Inc. (UI) at 82/100. The companies ranked closest are Clearfield, Inc. (CLFD) at 49 just above it and Sonim Technologies, Inc. (SONM) at 47 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 58 companies in Communication Equipment. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is ClearOne, 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 ClearOne, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CLRO scores: Pricing Power (33), Cost Advantage (22), Customer Stickiness (70), Capital Efficiency (74), Resilience (48), Scale & Market Position (37). 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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