Destra Multi-Alternative Fund DMA

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Asset Management Specialized
Overall moat score
39/100
Developing

About Destra Multi-Alternative Fund

Multi-Strategy Growth & Income Fund is a closed ended balanced mutual fund launched and managed by Pinhook Capital, LLC. It invests in public equity and fixed income markets of the United States. For its equity portion, the fund primarily invests directly, in other funds, and through derivatives such as options to invest in stocks of companies operating in the real … Full DMA analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Conservative Leverage Leverage is conservative vs peers (score 0.78).
  • Consistent Revenue Growth Revenue growth trajectory is positive (score 0.82).

Key risks

  • Below-Peer Return on Equity Return on equity lags peers (score 0.20).
  • Weak Cash Conversion Cash conversion is weak (score 0.01).

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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Fee Revenue Quality

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Where DMA ranks in Asset Management

Destra Multi-Alternative Fund ranks #127 of 173 scored companies in Asset Management by moat score — the top 73%. The widest moat in the group is Sound Point Meridian Capital Inc (SPMC) at 77/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near DMA in Asset Management
# Company Moat score Rating
123 Franklin Resources, Inc. BEN 40/100 Developing
124 GCM Grosvenor Inc. GCMG 40/100 Developing
125 Destiny Tech100 Inc DXYZ 39/100 Developing
126 733085 NXG 39/100 Developing
127 Destra Multi-Alternative Fund DMA 39/100 Developing
128 Burford Capital Limited BUR 39/100 Developing
129 Invesco Ltd IVZ 39/100 Developing
130 BlackRock TCP Capital Corp. TCPC 38/100 Developing
131 Blackstone Secured Lending Fund BXSL 37/100 Developing

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How DMA scores on the Asset Management Specialized defenses

Fee Revenue Quality

Not measurable · 20% of the moat score

Fee revenue quality is the ability to charge above the industry's falling average and keep charging it.

Client Retention & Revenue Stickiness

Score 33 · 18% of the moat score

Assets under management leave far more easily than they arrive, and the fee leaves with them.

Compensation Discipline

Not measurable · 18% of the moat score

Compensation is the largest expense in asset management and the one that decides whether a good year ever reaches shareholders.

Capital Efficiency

Score 33 · 20% of the moat score

Asset managers are asset-light: with little capital employed, a healthy business should earn a very high return on equity, and a merely average one is a real warning.

Earnings Quality & Cash Conversion

Score 26 · 14% of the moat score

Reported profits here can be flattered by performance fees, seed-capital gains and consolidated fund accounting, none of which recur reliably.

Balance Sheet Strength

Score 80 · 10% of the moat score

Because the business needs so little capital, an asset manager carrying meaningful debt has usually borrowed to buy another manager or to fund distributions.

How each Asset Management Specialized defense is measured, in full →

Understanding DMA's moat

What is Destra Multi-Alternative Fund's moat score?

Destra Multi-Alternative Fund (DMA) scores 39 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #127 of 173 scored companies in Asset Management, the top 73%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 174 companies in Asset Management. Its strongest defense is Balance Sheet Strength (80/100) and its weakest is Earnings Quality & Cash Conversion (26/100).

How does Destra Multi-Alternative Fund compare with other Asset Management companies?

Destra Multi-Alternative Fund ranks #127 of 173 scored companies in Asset Management by moat score. The widest moat in Asset Management is Sound Point Meridian Capital Inc (SPMC) at 77/100. The companies ranked closest are 733085 (NXG) at 39 just above it and Burford Capital Limited (BUR) at 39 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Asset Management Specialized 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 174 companies in Asset Management. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Destra Multi-Alternative Fund scored with the Asset Management Specialized template?

An asset manager owns almost nothing. It charges a fee on someone else's money, pays much of that fee out in compensation, and keeps the remainder — so its economics turn on the fee rate it can defend, whether client money stays, and how much revenue survives the bonus pool. The Asset Management template scores those questions rather than the balance sheet, which in this industry is largely beside the point.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Destra Multi-Alternative Fund?

The Asset Management Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and DMA scores: Fee Revenue Quality (not measurable), Client Retention & Revenue Stickiness (33), Compensation Discipline (not measurable), Capital Efficiency (33), Earnings Quality & Cash Conversion (26), Balance Sheet Strength (80). 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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