Cutera, Inc. CUTR

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Medical Devices & Diagnostics
Overall moat score
26/100
Developing

Ranked against 159 peers in Medical Devices

Key risks

  • Below-Peer Gross Margins Gross margin quality lags peers (score 0.12). May indicate commodity-like product mix or distributor margin drag.
  • Weak FCF Generation FCF margin quality lags peers (score 0.35). Below-peer FCF conversion is a MedTech quality warning.

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 & Consumable Moat

Weak
14
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Where CUTR ranks in Medical Devices

Cutera, Inc. ranks #132 of 160 scored companies in Medical Devices by moat score — the top 82%. The widest moat in the group is iRadimed Corporation (IRMD) at 83/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
128 Modular Medical, Inc. MODD 31/100 Developing
129 Elutia, Inc. ELUT 29/100 Developing
130 Intelligent Bio Solutions Inc. INBS 29/100 Developing
131 Pacific Biosciences of Californ PACB 29/100 Developing
132 Cutera, Inc. CUTR 26/100 Developing
133 Co-Diagnostics, Inc. CODX 26/100 Developing
134 InspireMD Inc. NSPR 26/100 Developing
135 Perspective Therapeutics, Inc. CATX 25/100 Weak
136 Bluejay Diagnostics, Inc. BJDX 23/100 Weak

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How CUTR scores on the Medical Devices & Diagnostics defenses

Pricing Power & Consumable Moat

Score 14 · 25% of the moat score

In MedTech, pricing power is rarely about the machine — it is about what the machine consumes.

R&D Pipeline & Capital Returns

Not measurable · 20% of the moat score

Research spending is how a device company keeps its installed base current, but spending alone proves nothing.

FCF Quality & Cash Conversion

Score 24 · 20% of the moat score

MedTech companies grow by acquisition, and the resulting intangible amortisation depresses reported earnings without consuming any cash.

Commercial Execution

Score 30 · 15% of the moat score

Devices are sold into hospitals and labs through committees, tenders and long qualification cycles, which makes the sales organisation expensive and hard to replicate.

Capital Structure & Resilience

Score 39 · 12% of the moat score

Serial acquirers carry debt, and the question is whether the cash flows underneath it are dependable enough to service it through a downturn.

Growth Durability

Score 51 · 8% of the moat score

Growth durability separates an expanding installed base from a good product cycle.

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Understanding CUTR's moat

What is Cutera, Inc.'s moat score?

Cutera, Inc. (CUTR) scores 26 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #132 of 160 scored companies in Medical Devices, the top 82%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 159 companies in Medical Devices. Its strongest defense is Growth Durability (51/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power & Consumable Moat (14/100).

How does Cutera, Inc. compare with other Medical Devices companies?

Cutera, Inc. ranks #132 of 160 scored companies in Medical Devices by moat score. The widest moat in Medical Devices is iRadimed Corporation (IRMD) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Pacific Biosciences of Californ (PACB) at 29 just above it and Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (CODX) at 26 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Medical Devices & Diagnostics 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 159 companies in Medical Devices. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Cutera, Inc. scored with the Medical Devices & Diagnostics template?

Medical device and diagnostics companies place an instrument once and then sell the consumables, reagents and service that instrument needs for the next decade. The economics are a razor-and-blade model wrapped in regulatory approval and clinician habit, so the MedTech template scores the durability of that installed base rather than the size of any single product launch.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Cutera, Inc.?

The Medical Devices & Diagnostics template measures 6 defenses, and CUTR scores: Pricing Power & Consumable Moat (14), R&D Pipeline & Capital Returns (not measurable), FCF Quality & Cash Conversion (24), Commercial Execution (30), Capital Structure & Resilience (39), Growth Durability (51). 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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