Eagle Point Income Company Inc. EICA

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Asset Management Specialized
Overall moat score
44/100
Developing

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Premium Fee Margins Fee margin quality is strong (score 0.87).
  • Lean Compensation Structure Compensation discipline is strong (cost efficiency score 0.87).

Key risks

  • Below-Peer Return on Equity Return on equity lags peers (score 0.23).
  • AUM Retention Risk Revenue stickiness is low (stability score 0.35).

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Fee Revenue Quality

Moderate
65

Where EICA ranks in Asset Management

Eagle Point Income Company Inc. ranks #107 of 173 scored companies in Asset Management by moat score — the top 62%. The widest moat in the group is Sound Point Meridian Capital Inc (SPMC) at 77/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near EICA in Asset Management
# Company Moat score Rating
103 PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund PDI 45/100 Developing
104 Principal Financial Group Inc PFG 45/100 Developing
105 RiverNorth Opportunistic Municipal Income Fund Inc RMI 45/100 Developing
106 Eagle Point Income Company Inc. EIC 45/100 Developing
107 Eagle Point Income Company Inc. EICA 44/100 Developing
108 Saratoga Investment Corp New SAR 44/100 Developing
109 Acadian Asset Management Inc. AAMI 44/100 Developing
110 Eagle Point Income Company Inc. EICB 44/100 Developing
111 Apollo Global Management, Inc. APO 44/100 Developing

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How EICA scores on the Asset Management Specialized defenses

Fee Revenue Quality

Score 65 · 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 22 · 18% of the moat score

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

Compensation Discipline

Score 60 · 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 26 · 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 19 · 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 89 · 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.

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Understanding EICA's moat

What is Eagle Point Income Company Inc.'s moat score?

Eagle Point Income Company Inc. (EICA) scores 44 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #107 of 173 scored companies in Asset Management, the top 62%. 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 (89/100) and its weakest is Earnings Quality & Cash Conversion (19/100).

How does Eagle Point Income Company Inc. compare with other Asset Management companies?

Eagle Point Income Company Inc. ranks #107 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 Eagle Point Income Company Inc. (EIC) at 44 just above it and Saratoga Investment Corp New (SAR) at 44 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 Eagle Point Income Company Inc. 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 Eagle Point Income Company Inc.?

The Asset Management Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and EICA scores: Fee Revenue Quality (65), Client Retention & Revenue Stickiness (22), Compensation Discipline (60), Capital Efficiency (26), Earnings Quality & Cash Conversion (19), Balance Sheet Strength (89). 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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