Escalade, Incorporated ESCA

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
68/100
Moderate

Ranked against 29 peers in Leisure

About Escalade, Incorporated

Escalade, Incorporated manufactures, distributes, imports, and sells sporting goods in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company provides various sporting goods brands in basketball goals, archery, indoor and outdoor game recreation, and fitness products. It offers archery products under the Bear Archery, Trophy Ridge, Cajun Bowfishing, Karnage, SIK, and BearX brand names; table tennis products under the STIGA and Ping-Pong … Full ESCA analysis →

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.79), with robust interest coverage.
  • Consistent Cash Generation Cash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.74).

Key risks

  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.35), suggesting limited competitive advantage.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where ESCA ranks in Leisure

Escalade, Incorporated ranks #6 of 30 scored companies in Leisure by moat score — the top 20%. The widest moat in the group is Planet Fitness, Inc. (PLNT) at 76/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
2 YETI Holdings, Inc. YETI 73/100 Moderate
3 United Parks & Resorts Inc. PRKS 72/100 Moderate
4 Acushnet Holdings Corp. GOLF 72/100 Moderate
5 Mattel, Inc. MAT 69/100 Moderate
6 Escalade, Incorporated ESCA 68/100 Moderate
7 Madison Square Garden Entertain MSGE 66/100 Moderate
8 Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. LTH 65/100 Moderate
9 Peloton Interactive, Inc. PTON 64/100 Moderate
10 Amer Sports, Inc. AS 63/100 Moderate

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How ESCA scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 61 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 71 · 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 79 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 73 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 81 · 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 44 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding ESCA's moat

What is Escalade, Incorporated's moat score?

Escalade, Incorporated (ESCA) scores 68 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #6 of 30 scored companies in Leisure, the top 20%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 29 companies in Leisure. Its strongest defense is Resilience (81/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (44/100).

How does Escalade, Incorporated compare with other Leisure companies?

Escalade, Incorporated ranks #6 of 30 scored companies in Leisure by moat score. The widest moat in Leisure is Planet Fitness, Inc. (PLNT) at 76/100. The companies ranked closest are Mattel, Inc. (MAT) at 69 just above it and Madison Square Garden Entertain (MSGE) at 66 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 29 companies in Leisure. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Escalade, Incorporated 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 Escalade, Incorporated?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and ESCA scores: Pricing Power (61), Cost Advantage (71), Customer Stickiness (79), Capital Efficiency (73), Resilience (81), Scale & Market Position (44). 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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