Insmed Incorporated INSM

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
51/100
Moderate

About Insmed Incorporated

Insmed Incorporated develops and commercializes therapies for patients with serious and rare diseases in the United States, Europe, Japan, and internationally. The company offers ARIKAYCE for the treatment of refractory nontuberculous mycobacterial lung infections, as well as is in phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of mycobacterium avium complex lung disease as part of a combination antibacterial drug regimen … Full INSM analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.90), suggesting sticky customer base.
  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.93), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 38.0th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
53

Where INSM ranks in Biotechnology

Insmed Incorporated ranks #235 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score — the top 33%. The widest moat in the group is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) at 85/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near INSM in Biotechnology
# Company Moat score Rating
231 Xilio Therapeutics, Inc. XLO 51/100 Moderate
232 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc. FDMT 51/100 Moderate
233 Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc. ACRV 51/100 Moderate
234 Enliven Therapeutics, Inc. ELVN 51/100 Moderate
235 Insmed Incorporated INSM 51/100 Moderate
236 Carisma Therapeutics, Inc. CARM 50/100 Moderate
237 Merus N.V. MRUS 50/100 Moderate
238 UroGen Pharma Ltd. URGN 50/100 Moderate
239 GH Research PLC GHRS 50/100 Moderate

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How INSM 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 63 · 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 76 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 10 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 60 · 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 49 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding INSM's moat

What is Insmed Incorporated's moat score?

Insmed Incorporated (INSM) scores 51 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #235 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology, the top 33%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 712 companies in Biotechnology. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (76/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (10/100).

How does Insmed Incorporated compare with other Biotechnology companies?

Insmed Incorporated ranks #235 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 Enliven Therapeutics, Inc. (ELVN) at 51 just above it and Carisma Therapeutics, Inc. (CARM) at 50 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 Insmed Incorporated 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 Insmed Incorporated?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and INSM scores: Pricing Power (53), Cost Advantage (63), Customer Stickiness (76), Capital Efficiency (10), Resilience (60), Scale & Market Position (49). 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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