Nutex Health Inc. NUTX

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
74/100
Moderate

About Nutex Health Inc.

Nutex Health Inc. operates as a healthcare services and operations company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Hospital, Population Health Management (PHM), and Real Estate. The Hospital segment develops and operates a network of micro hospitals, specialty hospitals, and hospital outpatient departments that offer healthcare services, including emergency room care, inpatient care, and behavioural health. It also … Full NUTX analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.86), with robust interest coverage.
  • Consistent Cash Generation Cash generation is strong and consistent (score 1.00).

Key risks

  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.14), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
  • Volatile Margins Suggest Cyclicality Margin volatility is high (stability score 0.04), suggesting cyclical exposure or competitive pressure.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
55

Where NUTX ranks in Medical Care Facilities

Nutex Health Inc. ranks #3 of 58 scored companies in Medical Care Facilities by moat score — the top 5%. The widest moat in the group is Encompass Health Corporation (EHC) at 77/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near NUTX in Medical Care Facilities
# Company Moat score Rating
1 Encompass Health Corporation EHC 77/100 Strong
2 Chemed Corp CHE 76/100 Strong
3 Nutex Health Inc. NUTX 74/100 Moderate
4 Tenet Healthcare Corporation THC 74/100 Moderate
5 National HealthCare Corporation NHC 73/100 Moderate
6 Universal Health Services, Inc. UHS 71/100 Moderate
7 Concentra Group Holdings Parent CON 70/100 Moderate
8 HCA Healthcare, Inc. HCA 70/100 Moderate
9 DaVita Inc. DVA 70/100 Moderate

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How NUTX 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 78 · 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 66 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 68 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 92 · 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 93 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding NUTX's moat

What is Nutex Health Inc.'s moat score?

Nutex Health Inc. (NUTX) scores 74 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #3 of 58 scored companies in Medical Care Facilities, the top 5%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 57 companies in Medical Care Facilities. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (93/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (54/100).

How does Nutex Health Inc. compare with other Medical Care Facilities companies?

Nutex Health Inc. ranks #3 of 58 scored companies in Medical Care Facilities by moat score. The widest moat in Medical Care Facilities is Encompass Health Corporation (EHC) at 77/100. The companies ranked closest are Chemed Corp (CHE) at 76 just above it and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC) at 74 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 57 companies in Medical Care Facilities. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Nutex Health 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 Nutex Health Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and NUTX scores: Pricing Power (54), Cost Advantage (78), Customer Stickiness (66), Capital Efficiency (68), Resilience (92), Scale & Market Position (93). 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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