Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. COLL

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
73/100
Moderate

About Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of medicines for pain management. The company's portfolio includes Jornay PM, a central nervous system stimulant prescription medicine that contains methylphenidate HCl for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Belbuca, a buccal film that contains buprenorphine for severe and persistent pain that requires an extended treatment … Full COLL analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 86.6th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.72), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

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
73

Where COLL ranks in Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. ranks #9 of 91 scored companies in Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic by moat score — the top 10%. The widest moat in the group is Zoetis Inc. (ZTS) at 85/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near COLL in Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
# Company Moat score Rating
5 Prestige Consumer Healthcare In PBH 76/100 Strong
6 Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AMPH 75/100 Strong
7 Haleon plc HLN 75/100 Moderate
8 Kamada Ltd. KMDA 74/100 Moderate
9 Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. COLL 73/100 Moderate
10 Lantheus Holdings, Inc. LNTH 73/100 Moderate
11 Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. IRWD 71/100 Moderate
12 ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ANIP 69/100 Moderate
13 Phibro Animal Health Corporatio PAHC 69/100 Moderate

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How COLL scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 73 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 78 · 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 75 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 82 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 59 · 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 69 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding COLL's moat

What is Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.'s moat score?

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (COLL) scores 73 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #9 of 91 scored companies in Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic, the top 10%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 90 companies in Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (82/100) and its weakest is Resilience (59/100).

How does Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. compare with other Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic companies?

Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. ranks #9 of 91 scored companies in Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic by moat score. The widest moat in Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic is Zoetis Inc. (ZTS) at 85/100. The companies ranked closest are Kamada Ltd. (KMDA) at 74 just above it and Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (LNTH) at 73 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 90 companies in Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Collegium Pharmaceutical, 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 Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and COLL scores: Pricing Power (73), Cost Advantage (78), Customer Stickiness (75), Capital Efficiency (82), Resilience (59), Scale & Market Position (69). 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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