GameStop Corp., a specialty retailer, provides games and entertainment products through its stores and e-commerce platforms in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe. The company sells new and pre-owned gaming platforms; accessories, such as controllers, and gaming headsets; new and pre-owned gaming software; and in-game digital currency, digital downloadable content, and full-game downloads. It sells collectibles comprising apparel, toys, …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Consistent Cash GenerationCash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.98).
Cash Generation ConsistentCash generation is consistent (score 0.98), indicating reliable business model.
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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GameStop Corporation ranks #13 of 52
scored companies in Specialty Retail by moat score — the top 25%.
The widest moat in the group is Winmark Corporation (WINA)
at 83/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near GME in Specialty Retail
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 70
· 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 36
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 76
· 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 71
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
GameStop Corporation (GME) scores 63 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #13 of 52 scored companies in Specialty Retail, the top 25%. 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 (79/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (36/100).
How does GameStop Corporation compare with other Specialty Retail companies?
GameStop Corporation ranks #13 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 Academy Sports and Outdoors, In (ASO) at 65 just above it and Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) at 62 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 GameStop Corporation 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 GameStop Corporation?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and GME scores: Pricing Power (52), Cost Advantage (70), Customer Stickiness (79), Capital Efficiency (36), Resilience (76), Scale & Market Position (71). 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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