Deswell Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of injection-molded plastic parts and components, electronic products and subassemblies, and metallic molds and accessory parts for original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers in China, the United States, Europe, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Plastic Injection Molding and Electronic Products Assembling. It …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.86), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Strong Liquidity BufferLiquidity position is strong (score 0.86), providing operational cushion.
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Deswell Industries, Inc. ranks #23 of 52
scored companies in Electronic Components by moat score — the top 44%.
The widest moat in the group is Universal Display Corporation (OLED)
at 82/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near DSWL in Electronic Components
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 49
· 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 58
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 44
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 66
· 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.
Deswell Industries, Inc. (DSWL) scores 53 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #23 of 52 scored companies in Electronic Components, the top 44%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 51 companies in Electronic Components. Its strongest defense is Resilience (66/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (44/100).
How does Deswell Industries, Inc. compare with other Electronic Components companies?
Deswell Industries, Inc. ranks #23 of 52 scored companies in Electronic Components by moat score. The widest moat in Electronic Components is Universal Display Corporation (OLED) at 82/100. The companies ranked closest are LSI Industries Inc. (LYTS) at 54 just above it and Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (BHE) at 52 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 51 companies in Electronic Components. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Deswell Industries, 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 Deswell Industries, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and DSWL scores: Pricing Power (55), Cost Advantage (49), Customer Stickiness (58), Capital Efficiency (44), Resilience (66), 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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