Oscar Health, Inc. OSCR

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
38/100
Developing

About Oscar Health, Inc.

Oscar Health, Inc. operates as a healthcare technology company in the United States. The company offers health plans to individuals, families, employees, and small group markets. It also provides +Oscar platform that power others throughout the healthcare system; Campaign Builder platform, an engagement and recommendation platform for providers and payors; and reinsurance products. In addition, the company offers brokerage services … Full OSCR analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Cash Generation Consistent Cash generation is consistent (score 1.00), indicating reliable business model.
  • Operating Leverage in Effect Operating leverage is evident (score 0.89), with margins expanding over time.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 22.2th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.11), suggesting weak customer stickiness.

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Pricing Power

Weak
21

Where OSCR ranks in Healthcare Plans

Oscar Health, Inc. ranks #8 of 11 scored companies in Healthcare Plans by moat score — the top 73%. The widest moat in the group is Elevance Health, Inc. (ELV) at 74/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near OSCR in Healthcare Plans
# Company Moat score Rating
3 UnitedHealth Group Incorporated UNH 63/100 Moderate
4 Molina Healthcare Inc MOH 63/100 Moderate
5 CVS Health Corporation CVS 59/100 Moderate
6 Humana Inc. HUM 52/100 Moderate
7 Alignment Healthcare, Inc. ALHC 43/100 Developing
8 Oscar Health, Inc. OSCR 38/100 Developing
9 Centene Corporation CNC 29/100 Developing
10 Clover Health Investments, Corp CLOV 20/100 Weak
11 NeueHealth, Inc. NEUE 0/100 Weak

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How OSCR scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 21 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 27 · 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 39 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 16 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 64 · 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 73 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding OSCR's moat

What is Oscar Health, Inc.'s moat score?

Oscar Health, Inc. (OSCR) scores 38 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #8 of 11 scored companies in Healthcare Plans, the top 73%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 10 companies in Healthcare Plans. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (73/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (16/100).

How does Oscar Health, Inc. compare with other Healthcare Plans companies?

Oscar Health, Inc. ranks #8 of 11 scored companies in Healthcare Plans by moat score. The widest moat in Healthcare Plans is Elevance Health, Inc. (ELV) at 74/100. The companies ranked closest are Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (ALHC) at 43 just above it and Centene Corporation (CNC) at 29 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 10 companies in Healthcare Plans. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Oscar 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 Oscar Health, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and OSCR scores: Pricing Power (21), Cost Advantage (27), Customer Stickiness (39), Capital Efficiency (16), Resilience (64), Scale & Market Position (73). 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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