Driven Brands Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides automotive services to retail and commercial customers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It offers various services, such as paint, collision, glass, repair, car wash, oil change, and maintenance services. The company also distributes automotive parts, including radiators, air conditioning components, and exhaust products to automotive repair shops, auto parts …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Consistently Above PeersGross margin at 50.8% (top 25%) and operating margin at 12.4% (top 11%) indicate strong pricing power.
Scale Supporting ProfitabilityProfitability at scale is strong (score 0.82), demonstrating competitive advantages.
Key risks
Liquidity ConcernsLiquidity is concerning (score 0.29), raising questions about short-term obligations.
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.36), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
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Driven Brands Holdings Inc. ranks #10 of 31
scored companies in Auto & Truck Dealerships by moat score — the top 32%.
The widest moat in the group is CarGurus, Inc. (CARG)
at 77/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near DRVN in Auto & Truck Dealerships
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 58
· 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 65
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 54
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 52
· 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 81
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Driven Brands Holdings Inc. (DRVN) scores 64 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #10 of 31 scored companies in Auto & Truck Dealerships, the top 32%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 30 companies in Auto & Truck Dealerships. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (81/100) and its weakest is Resilience (52/100).
How does Driven Brands Holdings Inc. compare with other Auto & Truck Dealerships companies?
Driven Brands Holdings Inc. ranks #10 of 31 scored companies in Auto & Truck Dealerships by moat score. The widest moat in Auto & Truck Dealerships is CarGurus, Inc. (CARG) at 77/100. The companies ranked closest are Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (PAG) at 65 just above it and Asbury Automotive Group Inc (ABG) at 60 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 30 companies in Auto & Truck Dealerships. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Driven Brands 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 Driven Brands Holdings Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and DRVN scores: Pricing Power (75), Cost Advantage (58), Customer Stickiness (65), Capital Efficiency (54), Resilience (52), Scale & Market Position (81). 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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