JAKKS Pacific, Inc. JAKK

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
51/100
Moderate

Ranked against 29 peers in Leisure

About JAKKS Pacific, Inc.

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. designs, produces, markets, sells, and distributes toys and related products, consumer products, kids indoor and outdoor furniture, costumes, and sporting goods and home furnishings space products worldwide. It operates through two segments, Toys/Consumer Products and Costumes. The company offers action figures and accessories, such as licensed characters; toy vehicles and accessories; dolls and accessories, including small, large, … Full JAKK analysis →

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.89), with robust interest coverage.
  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.93), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.33), suggesting limited competitive advantage.
  • Weak or Negative Cash Flow Cash generation is weak (score 0.37), limiting financial flexibility.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where JAKK ranks in Leisure

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. ranks #14 of 30 scored companies in Leisure by moat score — the top 47%. The widest moat in the group is Planet Fitness, Inc. (PLNT) at 76/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
10 Amer Sports, Inc. AS 63/100 Moderate
11 Connexa Sports Technologies Inc YYAI 63/100 Moderate
12 OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited OSW 58/100 Moderate
13 Xponential Fitness, Inc. XPOF 54/100 Moderate
14 JAKKS Pacific, Inc. JAKK 51/100 Moderate
15 LUCKY STRIKE ENTERTAINMENT CORP LUCK 50/100 Developing
16 American Outdoor Brands, Inc. AOUT 50/100 Developing
17 Johnson Outdoors Inc. JOUT 49/100 Developing
18 Hasbro, Inc. HAS 47/100 Developing

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How JAKK scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 54 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 59 · 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 45 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 42 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 67 · 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 41 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding JAKK's moat

What is JAKKS Pacific, Inc.'s moat score?

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (JAKK) scores 51 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #14 of 30 scored companies in Leisure, the top 47%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 29 companies in Leisure. Its strongest defense is Resilience (67/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (41/100).

How does JAKKS Pacific, Inc. compare with other Leisure companies?

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. ranks #14 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 Xponential Fitness, Inc. (XPOF) at 54 just above it and LUCKY STRIKE ENTERTAINMENT CORP (LUCK) 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 29 companies in Leisure. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is JAKKS Pacific, 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 JAKKS Pacific, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and JAKK scores: Pricing Power (54), Cost Advantage (59), Customer Stickiness (45), Capital Efficiency (42), Resilience (67), Scale & Market Position (41). 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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