Genius Sports Limited GENI

Competitive advantage analysis · communication-services

Software & SaaS Specialized
Overall moat score
51/100
Moderate

About Genius Sports Limited

Genius Sports Limited engages in the development and sale of technology-led products and services to the sports, sports betting, and sports media industries. It offers technology infrastructure for the collection, integration, and distribution of live data of sports leagues; streaming solutions comprising technology, automatic production, and distribution for sports to commercialize video footage of their games; and end-to-end integrity services … Full GENI analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • R&D Reinvestment Supports Growth R&D commitment is strong relative to peers (score 0.88).
  • Innovation Converts to Outcomes Innovation payoff is strong (score 0.83), supported by Rule of 40 and revenue compounding.

Key risks

  • Margin Compression Risk Margin quality is below peer norms (score 0.20), suggesting pricing pressure.
  • Returns Trail Peers Return profile is weak (score 0.31), pointing to limited capital efficiency.

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

Weak
16

Where GENI ranks in Internet Content & Information

Genius Sports Limited ranks #36 of 78 scored companies in Internet Content & Information by moat score — the top 46%. The widest moat in the group is Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) at 75/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near GENI in Internet Content & Information
# Company Moat score Rating
32 Getty Images Holdings, Inc. GETY 54/100 Moderate
33 WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. WBTN 53/100 Moderate
34 The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. AREN 53/100 Moderate
35 Snap Inc. SNAP 52/100 Moderate
36 Genius Sports Limited GENI 51/100 Moderate
37 Phoenix New Media Limited FENG 49/100 Developing
38 Zedge, Inc. ZDGE 48/100 Developing
39 DouYu International Holdings Li DOYU 48/100 Developing
40 IAC Inc. IAC 47/100 Developing

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How GENI scores on the Software & SaaS Specialized defenses

Pricing Power

Score 16 · 20% of the moat score

In software, pricing power is visible in gross margin: a vendor that has to discount in order to renew gives it up first.

Recurring Revenue Stickiness

Score 68 · 18% of the moat score

Recurring revenue is the model's central claim, and it is a moat only when customers renew and expand without being re-sold each year.

Innovation Engine

Score 85 · 16% of the moat score

Software is competed away rather than depreciated, so a vendor that stops investing loses its category.

Cash Scalability

Score 65 · 18% of the moat score

The test of a software business is whether growth eventually stops consuming cash.

Capital Efficiency

Score 31 · 16% of the moat score

A software platform employs very little capital, so a genuine franchise should produce high returns on it without leverage.

Balance Sheet Resilience

Score 43 · 12% of the moat score

Software companies fund years of customer acquisition before those customers pay back, which makes access to capital a strategic variable rather than a treasury detail.

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Understanding GENI's moat

What is Genius Sports Limited's moat score?

Genius Sports Limited (GENI) scores 51 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #36 of 78 scored companies in Internet Content & Information, the top 46%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 77 companies in Internet Content & Information. Its strongest defense is Innovation Engine (85/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (16/100).

How does Genius Sports Limited compare with other Internet Content & Information companies?

Genius Sports Limited ranks #36 of 78 scored companies in Internet Content & Information by moat score. The widest moat in Internet Content & Information is Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) at 75/100. The companies ranked closest are Snap Inc. (SNAP) at 52 just above it and Phoenix New Media Limited (FENG) at 49 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Software & SaaS 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 77 companies in Internet Content & Information. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Genius Sports Limited scored with the Software & SaaS Specialized template?

Software costs almost nothing to reproduce, so the entire economic question is whether customers keep paying. Revenue is a subscription rather than a sale, the cost of winning a customer is paid years before that customer becomes profitable, and margins arrive only if renewals hold. The Software & SaaS template scores retention, reinvestment, and the point at which growth turns into cash.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Genius Sports Limited?

The Software & SaaS Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and GENI scores: Pricing Power (16), Recurring Revenue Stickiness (68), Innovation Engine (85), Cash Scalability (65), Capital Efficiency (31), Balance Sheet Resilience (43). 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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