DSS, Inc. operates in the product packaging, biotechnology, commercial lending, securities and investment management, and direct marketing businesses in the United States. The company manufactures, markets, and sells mailers, photo sleeves, custom folding cartons, and 3-dimensional direct mail solutions; and markets and distributes nutritional and personal care products. It also invests in or acquires companies in the biohealth and biomedical …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key risks
Commodity Pressure / Weak DifferentiationGross margin at 4.5th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
ROIC Below WACC or PeersROIC at 4.5th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
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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DSS, Inc. ranks #23 of 26
scored companies in Packaging & Containers by moat score — the top 88%.
The widest moat in the group is Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (REYN)
at 83/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near DSS in Packaging & Containers
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 4
· 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 7
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 5
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 4
· 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 7
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
DSS, Inc. (DSS) scores 5 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #23 of 26 scored companies in Packaging & Containers, the top 88%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 25 companies in Packaging & Containers. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (7/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (3/100).
How does DSS, Inc. compare with other Packaging & Containers companies?
DSS, Inc. ranks #23 of 26 scored companies in Packaging & Containers by moat score. The widest moat in Packaging & Containers is Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. (REYN) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Millennium Group International (MGIH) at 20 just above it and Berry Global Group, Inc. (BERY) at 0 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 Packaging & Containers. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is DSS, 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 DSS, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and DSS scores: Pricing Power (3), Cost Advantage (4), Customer Stickiness (7), Capital Efficiency (5), Resilience (4), Scale & Market Position (7). 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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