NXP Semiconductors N.V. NXPI

Competitive advantage analysis · technology

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
71/100
Moderate

Ranked against 65 peers in Semiconductors

About NXP Semiconductors N.V.

NXP Semiconductors N.V. provides semiconductor products in the United States, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, the Netherlands, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The company's product portfolio includes microcontrollers; application processors; communication processors; wireless connectivity solutions, such as near field communications, ultra-wideband, Bluetooth low-energy, Zigbee, Thread, and Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth integrated SoCs; analog and interface products; radio frequency devices, … Full NXPI analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.97), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 79.7th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.35), raising refinancing risk.
  • Liquidity Concerns Liquidity is concerning (score 0.25), raising questions about short-term obligations.

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Pricing Power

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Where NXPI ranks in Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors N.V. ranks #14 of 66 scored companies in Semiconductors by moat score — the top 21%. The widest moat in the group is NVE Corporation (NVEC) at 86/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
10 Credo Technology Group Holding CRDO 73/100 Moderate
11 QUALCOMM Incorporated QCOM 72/100 Moderate
12 Texas Instruments Incorporated TXN 72/100 Moderate
13 Analog Devices, Inc. ADI 71/100 Moderate
14 NXP Semiconductors N.V. NXPI 71/100 Moderate
15 United Microelectronics Corpora UMC 68/100 Moderate
16 Astera Labs, Inc. ALAB 68/100 Moderate
17 Tower Semiconductor Ltd. TSEM 63/100 Moderate
18 Silicon Motion Technology Corpo SIMO 63/100 Moderate

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How NXPI scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 82 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 77 · 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 71 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 81 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 39 · 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 72 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding NXPI's moat

What is NXP Semiconductors N.V.'s moat score?

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXPI) scores 71 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #14 of 66 scored companies in Semiconductors, the top 21%. 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 (82/100) and its weakest is Resilience (39/100).

How does NXP Semiconductors N.V. compare with other Semiconductors companies?

NXP Semiconductors N.V. ranks #14 of 66 scored companies in Semiconductors by moat score. The widest moat in Semiconductors is NVE Corporation (NVEC) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) at 71 just above it and United Microelectronics Corpora (UMC) at 68 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 NXP Semiconductors N.V. 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 NXP Semiconductors N.V.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and NXPI scores: Pricing Power (82), Cost Advantage (77), Customer Stickiness (71), Capital Efficiency (81), Resilience (39), Scale & Market Position (72). 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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