1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. FLWS

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
34/100
Developing

Ranked against 51 peers in Specialty Retail

About 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. provides gifts for various occasions in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Consumer Floral & Gifts, Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets, and BloomNet. The company offers a range of products, including fresh-cut flowers, floral and fruit arrangements, plants, gifts, greeting cards personalized products, dipped berries, popcorns, gourmet foods and gift baskets, cookies, chocolates, candies, … Full FLWS analysis →

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.88), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 10.2th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.37), raising refinancing risk.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where FLWS ranks in Specialty Retail

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. ranks #40 of 52 scored companies in Specialty Retail by moat score — the top 77%. The widest moat in the group is Winmark Corporation (WINA) at 83/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
36 Naas Technology Inc. NAAS 36/100 Developing
37 BARK, Inc. BARK 35/100 Developing
38 JBDI Holdings Limited JBDI 35/100 Developing
39 OneWater Marine Inc. ONEW 34/100 Developing
40 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. FLWS 34/100 Developing
41 Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporatio BGFV 32/100 Developing
42 GrowGeneration Corp. GRWG 31/100 Developing
43 Nuvve Holding Corp. NVVE 30/100 Developing
44 Nuvve Holding Corp. NVVEW 30/100 Developing

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How FLWS scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 29 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 35 · 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 60 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 17 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 32 · 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 35 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding FLWS's moat

What is 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.'s moat score?

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. (FLWS) scores 34 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #40 of 52 scored companies in Specialty Retail, the top 77%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 51 companies in Specialty Retail. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (60/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (17/100).

How does 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. compare with other Specialty Retail companies?

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. ranks #40 of 52 scored companies in Specialty Retail by moat score. The widest moat in Specialty Retail is Winmark Corporation (WINA) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are OneWater Marine Inc. (ONEW) at 34 just above it and Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporatio (BGFV) at 32 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 Specialty Retail. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, 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 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and FLWS scores: Pricing Power (29), Cost Advantage (35), Customer Stickiness (60), Capital Efficiency (17), Resilience (32), Scale & Market Position (35). 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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