Healthcare Services Group, Inc. provides management, administrative, and operating services to the housekeeping, laundry, linen, facility maintenance, and dietary service departments of nursing homes, retirement complexes, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Environmental Services and Dietary. Its Environmental Services segment engages in cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing of resident rooms and common areas …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative LeverageDebt serviceability is strong (score 0.94), with robust interest coverage.
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 63.5th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. ranks #14 of 58
scored companies in Medical Care Facilities by moat score — the top 24%.
The widest moat in the group is Encompass Health Corporation (EHC)
at 77/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near HCSG in Medical Care Facilities
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 61
· 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 67
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 72
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 88
· 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 43
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
What is Healthcare Services Group, Inc.'s moat score?
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (HCSG) scores 65 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #14 of 58 scored companies in Medical Care Facilities, the top 24%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 57 companies in Medical Care Facilities. Its strongest defense is Resilience (88/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (43/100).
How does Healthcare Services Group, Inc. compare with other Medical Care Facilities companies?
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. ranks #14 of 58 scored companies in Medical Care Facilities by moat score. The widest moat in Medical Care Facilities is Encompass Health Corporation (EHC) at 77/100. The companies ranked closest are Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (MD) at 65 just above it and Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH) at 64 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 57 companies in Medical Care Facilities. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Healthcare Services Group, 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 Healthcare Services Group, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and HCSG scores: Pricing Power (56), Cost Advantage (61), Customer Stickiness (67), Capital Efficiency (72), Resilience (88), Scale & Market Position (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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