Hub Group, Inc. HUBG

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
62/100
Moderate

Ranked against 26 peers in Integrated Freight & Logistics

About Hub Group, Inc.

Hub Group, Inc., a supply chain solutions provider, offers transportation and logistics management services in North America. It operates in two segments, Intermodal and Transportation Solutions (ITS), and Logistics. The ITS segment offers intermodal and dedicated trucking services, including freight transportation, truckload, less-than-truckload, flatbed, temperature-controlled, and dedicated and regional trucking services. The Logistics segment provides transportation management, freight brokerage, shipment … Full HUBG analysis →

Key strengths

  • Operating Expense Control OpEx growth is controlled (score 0.69), demonstrating operating leverage.
  • Operating Leverage in Effect Operating leverage is evident (score 0.73), with margins expanding over time.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where HUBG ranks in Integrated Freight & Logistics

Hub Group, Inc. ranks #10 of 27 scored companies in Integrated Freight & Logistics by moat score — the top 37%. The widest moat in the group is ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (ZTO) at 83/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
6 Pitney Bowes Inc. PBI 71/100 Moderate
7 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. CHRW 68/100 Moderate
8 Globavend Holdings Limited - Or GVH 63/100 Moderate
9 Landstar System, Inc. LSTR 62/100 Moderate
10 Hub Group, Inc. HUBG 62/100 Moderate
11 Radiant Logistics, Inc. RLGT 61/100 Moderate
12 Shengfeng Development Limited SFWL 60/100 Moderate
13 BINGEX LIMITED FLX 58/100 Moderate
14 GXO Logistics, Inc. GXO 54/100 Moderate

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How HUBG scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 53 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 76 · 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 68 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 57 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 57 · 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 62 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding HUBG's moat

What is Hub Group, Inc.'s moat score?

Hub Group, Inc. (HUBG) scores 62 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #10 of 27 scored companies in Integrated Freight & Logistics, the top 37%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 26 companies in Integrated Freight & Logistics. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (76/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (53/100).

How does Hub Group, Inc. compare with other Integrated Freight & Logistics companies?

Hub Group, Inc. ranks #10 of 27 scored companies in Integrated Freight & Logistics by moat score. The widest moat in Integrated Freight & Logistics is ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (ZTO) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Landstar System, Inc. (LSTR) at 62 just above it and Radiant Logistics, Inc. (RLGT) at 61 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 26 companies in Integrated Freight & Logistics. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Hub 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 Hub Group, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and HUBG scores: Pricing Power (53), Cost Advantage (76), Customer Stickiness (68), Capital Efficiency (57), Resilience (57), Scale & Market Position (62). 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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