NVE Corporation develops and sells devices that use spintronics, a nanotechnology relying on electron spin to acquire, store, and transmit information, both in the United States and internationally. The company manufactures spintronic products, including sensors and couplers for use in sensing and transmitting data. Its products include standard sensors designed to detect the presence of magnetic or metallic materials, which …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Consistently Above PeersGross margin at 78.7% (top 11%) and operating margin at 60.5% (top 3%) indicate strong pricing power.
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.95), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks
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Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 91
· 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 88
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 80
· 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 83
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
NVE Corporation (NVEC) scores 86 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as strong. It ranks #1 of 66 scored companies in Semiconductors, the top 2%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 65 companies in Semiconductors. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (94/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (76/100).
How does NVE Corporation compare with other Semiconductors companies?
NVE Corporation ranks #1 of 66 scored companies in Semiconductors by moat score. That is the widest moat in Semiconductors. The companies ranked closest are Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactur (TSM) at 84 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 65 companies in Semiconductors. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is NVE Corporation 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 NVE Corporation?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and NVEC scores: Pricing Power (94), Cost Advantage (91), Customer Stickiness (76), Capital Efficiency (88), Resilience (80), Scale & Market Position (83). 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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