Hoth Therapeutics, Inc. HOTH

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
34/100
Developing

About Hoth Therapeutics, Inc.

Hoth Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing therapies for unmet medical needs. It develops HT-001, a topical formulation in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of patients with rash and skin disorders associated with initial and repeat courses of tyrosine kinase epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor therapy; HT-KIT to treat mast-cell derived cancers and anaphylaxis; HT-TBI … Full HOTH analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 14.5th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Weak or Negative Cash Flow Cash generation is weak (score 0.00), limiting financial flexibility.

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

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Where HOTH ranks in Biotechnology

Hoth Therapeutics, Inc. ranks #452 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score — the top 63%. The widest moat in the group is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) at 85/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near HOTH in Biotechnology
# Company Moat score Rating
448 Prime Medicine, Inc. PRME 35/100 Developing
449 SciSparc Ltd. SPRC 35/100 Developing
450 Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings CRBP 35/100 Developing
451 Spruce Biosciences, Inc. SPRB 35/100 Developing
452 Hoth Therapeutics, Inc. HOTH 34/100 Developing
453 Sensei Biotherapeutics, Inc. SNSE 34/100 Developing
454 Cardiff Oncology, Inc. CRDF 34/100 Developing
455 KALA BIO, Inc. KALA 34/100 Developing
456 Biodexa Pharmaceuticals plc BDRX 34/100 Developing

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How HOTH scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Not measurable · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Not measurable · 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

Not measurable · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 24 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 51 · 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

Not measurable · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding HOTH's moat

What is Hoth Therapeutics, Inc.'s moat score?

Hoth Therapeutics, Inc. (HOTH) scores 34 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #452 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology, the top 63%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 712 companies in Biotechnology. Its strongest defense is Resilience (51/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (24/100).

How does Hoth Therapeutics, Inc. compare with other Biotechnology companies?

Hoth Therapeutics, Inc. ranks #452 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score. The widest moat in Biotechnology is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) at 85/100. The companies ranked closest are Spruce Biosciences, Inc. (SPRB) at 35 just above it and Sensei Biotherapeutics, Inc. (SNSE) at 34 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 712 companies in Biotechnology. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Hoth Therapeutics, 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 Hoth Therapeutics, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and HOTH scores: Pricing Power (not measurable), Cost Advantage (not measurable), Customer Stickiness (not measurable), Capital Efficiency (24), Resilience (51), Scale & Market Position (not measurable). 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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