Duluth Holdings Inc. DLTH

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
41/100
Developing

About Duluth Holdings Inc.

Duluth Holdings Inc. sells casual wear, workwear, outdoor apparel, and accessories for men and women in the United States. It offers shirts, pants, shorts, underwear, outerwear, footwear, accessories, and hard goods. The company provides its products under the Duluth Trading, AKHG, Alaskan Hardgear, Armachillo, Ballroom, Buck Naked, Bullpen, Cab Commander, Crouch Gusset, Dang Soft, Dry on the Fly, Duluth Trading … Full DLTH analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.94), suggesting sticky customer base.
  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.64), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 31.0th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Below-Peer Operating Efficiency Operating margin at 30.3th percentile indicates below-peer efficiency.

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

Developing
31

Where DLTH ranks in Apparel Retail

Duluth Holdings Inc. ranks #20 of 34 scored companies in Apparel Retail by moat score — the top 59%. The widest moat in the group is lululemon athletica inc. (LULU) at 83/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near DLTH in Apparel Retail
# Company Moat score Rating
16 Genesco Inc. GCO 52/100 Moderate
17 Victorias Secret & Co. VSCO 52/100 Moderate
18 Lands' End, Inc. LE 48/100 Developing
19 Torrid Holdings Inc. CURV 46/100 Developing
20 Duluth Holdings Inc. DLTH 41/100 Developing
21 Foot Locker, Inc. FL 40/100 Developing
22 Stitch Fix, Inc. SFIX 40/100 Developing
23 Caleres, Inc. CAL 38/100 Developing
24 Citi Trends, Inc. CTRN 36/100 Developing

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How DLTH scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 31 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 24 · 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 30 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 46 · 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 46 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding DLTH's moat

What is Duluth Holdings Inc.'s moat score?

Duluth Holdings Inc. (DLTH) scores 41 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #20 of 34 scored companies in Apparel Retail, the top 59%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 33 companies in Apparel Retail. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (75/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (24/100).

How does Duluth Holdings Inc. compare with other Apparel Retail companies?

Duluth Holdings Inc. ranks #20 of 34 scored companies in Apparel Retail by moat score. The widest moat in Apparel Retail is lululemon athletica inc. (LULU) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Torrid Holdings Inc. (CURV) at 46 just above it and Foot Locker, Inc. (FL) at 40 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 33 companies in Apparel Retail. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Duluth Holdings 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 Duluth Holdings Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and DLTH scores: Pricing Power (31), Cost Advantage (24), Customer Stickiness (75), Capital Efficiency (30), Resilience (46), Scale & Market Position (46). 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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