Gaia, Inc. GAIA

Competitive advantage analysis · communication-services

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
45/100
Developing

About Gaia, Inc.

Gaia, Inc. operates a digital video subscription service and online community for underserved member base in the United States, Canada, Australia, and internationally. It has a digital content library with various titles in Spanish, German, and French languages available to its subscribers on internet connected devices. The company's network comprises Seeking Truth that provides topics that include ancient wisdom and … Full GAIA analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.89), suggesting sticky customer base.
  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.73), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • Below-Peer Operating Efficiency Operating margin at 29.8th percentile indicates below-peer efficiency.
  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 26.1th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Pricing Power

Developing
48

Where GAIA ranks in Entertainment

Gaia, Inc. ranks #28 of 56 scored companies in Entertainment by moat score — the top 50%. The widest moat in the group is Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) at 85/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near GAIA in Entertainment
# Company Moat score Rating
24 iQIYI, Inc. IQ 47/100 Developing
25 HUYA Inc. HUYA 46/100 Developing
26 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. - WBD 45/100 Developing
27 Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. EDR 45/100 Developing
28 Gaia, Inc. GAIA 45/100 Developing
29 Madison Square Garden Sports Co MSGS 43/100 Developing
30 AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc AMC 42/100 Developing
31 Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. - BATRK 40/100 Developing
32 Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. - BATRA 38/100 Developing

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How GAIA scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 48 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 18 · 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 66 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 36 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 49 · 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 50 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding GAIA's moat

What is Gaia, Inc.'s moat score?

Gaia, Inc. (GAIA) scores 45 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #28 of 56 scored companies in Entertainment, the top 50%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 55 companies in Entertainment. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (66/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (18/100).

How does Gaia, Inc. compare with other Entertainment companies?

Gaia, Inc. ranks #28 of 56 scored companies in Entertainment by moat score. The widest moat in Entertainment is Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) at 85/100. The companies ranked closest are Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (EDR) at 45 just above it and Madison Square Garden Sports Co (MSGS) at 43 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 55 companies in Entertainment. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Gaia, 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 Gaia, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and GAIA scores: Pricing Power (48), Cost Advantage (18), Customer Stickiness (66), Capital Efficiency (36), Resilience (49), Scale & Market Position (50). 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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