Fabrinet FN

Competitive advantage analysis · technology

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
71/100
Moderate

About Fabrinet

Fabrinet provides optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing services in North America, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The company offers a range of advanced optical and electro-mechanical capabilities in the manufacturing process, including process design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing, printed circuit board assembly, packaging, integration, final assembly, and testing. Its products include switching products, including reconfigurable … Full FN analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 89.6th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 1.00), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • Inconsistent Cash Generation Cash generation is inconsistent (score 0.48), indicating operational challenges.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
69

Where FN ranks in Electronic Components

Fabrinet ranks #7 of 52 scored companies in Electronic Components by moat score — the top 13%. The widest moat in the group is Universal Display Corporation (OLED) at 82/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near FN in Electronic Components
# Company Moat score Rating
3 M-tron Industries, Inc. MPTI 76/100 Strong
4 TE Connectivity plc TEL 75/100 Strong
5 Vicor Corporation VICR 75/100 Moderate
6 OSI Systems, Inc. OSIS 72/100 Moderate
7 Fabrinet FN 71/100 Moderate
8 Bel Fuse Inc. BELFA 71/100 Moderate
9 Bel Fuse Inc. BELFB 71/100 Moderate
10 CTS Corporation CTS 71/100 Moderate
11 Corning Incorporated GLW 65/100 Moderate

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How FN scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 69 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 87 · 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 64 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 93 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 60 · 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 51 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding FN's moat

What is Fabrinet's moat score?

Fabrinet (FN) scores 71 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #7 of 52 scored companies in Electronic Components, the top 13%. 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 Capital Efficiency (93/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (51/100).

How does Fabrinet compare with other Electronic Components companies?

Fabrinet ranks #7 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 OSI Systems, Inc. (OSIS) at 72 just above it and Bel Fuse Inc. (BELFA) at 70 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 Fabrinet 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 Fabrinet?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and FN scores: Pricing Power (69), Cost Advantage (87), Customer Stickiness (64), Capital Efficiency (93), Resilience (60), Scale & Market Position (51). 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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