PetMed Express, Inc. PETS

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
33/100
Developing

Ranked against 155 peers in Healthcare: Providers, Plans & Distribution

About PetMed Express, Inc.

PetMed Express, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a pet pharmacy in the United States. The company markets prescription and non-prescription pet medications, health products, and other supplies for dogs, cats, and horses. It offers non-prescription medications and supplies, such as flea and tick control products, bone and joint care products, vitamins, treats, nutritional supplements, hygiene products, and household … Full PETS analysis →

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 3.7th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.34), suggesting limited competitive advantage.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where PETS ranks in Healthcare: Providers, Plans & Distribution

PetMed Express, Inc. ranks #105 of 156 scored companies in Healthcare: Providers, Plans & Distribution by moat score — the top 67%. The widest moat in the group is Veeva Systems Inc. (VEEV) at 88/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
101 Streamline Health Solutions, In STRM 34/100 Developing
102 SHL Telemedicine Ltd SHLT 34/100 Developing
103 AMN Healthcare Services Inc AMN 33/100 Developing
104 Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. CCRN 33/100 Developing
105 PetMed Express, Inc. PETS 33/100 Developing
106 DocGo Inc. DCGO 32/100 Developing
107 EDAP TMS S.A. EDAP 32/100 Developing
108 DarioHealth Corp. DRIO 30/100 Developing
109 Synergy CHC Corp. SNYR 30/100 Developing

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How PETS scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 26 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 36 · 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 38 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 29 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 42 · 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 27 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding PETS's moat

What is PetMed Express, Inc.'s moat score?

PetMed Express, Inc. (PETS) scores 33 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #105 of 156 scored companies in Healthcare: Providers, Plans & Distribution, the top 67%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 155 companies in Healthcare: Providers, Plans & Distribution. Its strongest defense is Resilience (42/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (26/100).

How does PetMed Express, Inc. compare with other Healthcare: Providers, Plans & Distribution companies?

PetMed Express, Inc. ranks #105 of 156 scored companies in Healthcare: Providers, Plans & Distribution by moat score. The widest moat in Healthcare: Providers, Plans & Distribution is Veeva Systems Inc. (VEEV) at 88/100. The companies ranked closest are Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (CCRN) at 33 just above it and DocGo Inc. (DCGO) at 32 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 155 companies in Healthcare: Providers, Plans & Distribution. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is PetMed Express, 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 PetMed Express, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and PETS scores: Pricing Power (26), Cost Advantage (36), Customer Stickiness (38), Capital Efficiency (29), Resilience (42), Scale & Market Position (27). 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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