HWH International Inc. HWH

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
19/100
Weak

Ranked against 29 peers in Leisure

About HWH International Inc.

HWH International Inc. engages in the food and beverage business in Singapore and South Korea. The company operates cafés and an online healthy food store. It operates through Hapi Marketplace, Hapi Cafés, and Hapi Wealth Builder segments. The Hapi Marketplace segment offers products at a discounted price to its members, including bathroom supplies, fashion products, accessories, cosmetics, and health supplements. … Full HWH analysis →

Key risks

  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.19), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.22), raising refinancing risk.

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Pricing Power

Weak
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Where HWH ranks in Leisure

HWH International Inc. ranks #27 of 30 scored companies in Leisure by moat score — the top 90%. The widest moat in the group is Planet Fitness, Inc. (PLNT) at 76/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
22 PLBY Group, Inc. PLBY 33/100 Developing
23 Funko, Inc. FNKO 31/100 Developing
24 Six Flags Entertainment Corpora FUN 30/100 Developing
25 Aureus Greenway Holdings Inc. C AGH 26/100 Developing
26 Dogness (International) Corpora DOGZ 20/100 Weak
27 HWH International Inc. HWH 19/100 Weak
28 MIXED MARTIAL ARTS GROUP LIMITE MMA 6/100 Weak
29 Sacks Parente Golf, Inc. SPGC 0/100 Weak
30 SRM Entertainment, Inc. SRM 0/100 Weak

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How HWH scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 12 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 7 · 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 10 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 34 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 25 · 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 19 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding HWH's moat

What is HWH International Inc.'s moat score?

HWH International Inc. (HWH) scores 19 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #27 of 30 scored companies in Leisure, the top 90%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 29 companies in Leisure. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (34/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (7/100).

How does HWH International Inc. compare with other Leisure companies?

HWH International Inc. ranks #27 of 30 scored companies in Leisure by moat score. The widest moat in Leisure is Planet Fitness, Inc. (PLNT) at 76/100. The companies ranked closest are Dogness (International) Corpora (DOGZ) at 20 just above it and MIXED MARTIAL ARTS GROUP LIMITE (MMA) at 6 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 29 companies in Leisure. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is HWH International 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 HWH International Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and HWH scores: Pricing Power (12), Cost Advantage (7), Customer Stickiness (10), Capital Efficiency (34), Resilience (25), Scale & Market Position (19). 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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