DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd DDI

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Corporate Default
Overall moat score
75/100
Strong

About DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd

DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd. engages in the development and publishing of casual games and mobile applications in South Korea. It operates through two segments, Social Casino Games and iGaming. It publishes digital gaming content on mobile and web platforms. The company offers DoubleDown Casino, DoubleDown Classic, and DoubleDown Fort Knox games, as well as sells in-game virtual chips. Its games … Full DDI analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.79), with robust interest coverage.
  • Consistent Cash Generation Cash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.96).

Key risks

  • Volatile Margins Suggest Cyclicality Margin volatility is high (stability score 0.14), 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

Moderate
51

Where DDI ranks in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia

DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd ranks #3 of 26 scored companies in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia by moat score — the top 12%. The widest moat in the group is NetEase, Inc. (NTES) at 83/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near DDI in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia
# Company Moat score Rating
1 NetEase, Inc. NTES 83/100 Strong
2 Electronic Arts Inc. EA 79/100 Strong
3 DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd DDI 75/100 Strong
4 Motorsport Games Inc. MSGM 66/100 Moderate
5 GRAVITY Co., Ltd. GRVY 65/100 Moderate
6 Gamehaus Holdings Inc. GMHS 58/100 Moderate
7 Bilibili Inc. BILI 58/100 Moderate
8 GCL Global Holdings Ltd GCL 56/100 Moderate
9 PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. MYPS 55/100 Moderate

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How DDI scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 50 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 81 · 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 90 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 69 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 87 · 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 85 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding DDI's moat

What is DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd's moat score?

DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd (DDI) scores 75 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as strong. It ranks #3 of 26 scored companies in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia, the top 12%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 25 companies in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (90/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (50/100).

How does DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd compare with other Electronic Gaming & Multimedia companies?

DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd ranks #3 of 26 scored companies in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia by moat score. The widest moat in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia is NetEase, Inc. (NTES) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) at 79 just above it and Motorsport Games Inc. (MSGM) at 66 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 25 companies in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd 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 DoubleDown Interactive Co., Ltd?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and DDI scores: Pricing Power (50), Cost Advantage (81), Customer Stickiness (90), Capital Efficiency (69), Resilience (87), Scale & Market Position (85). 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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