Koninklijke Philips N.V. NY Reg PHG

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Medical Devices & Diagnostics
Overall moat score
62/100
Moderate

About Koninklijke Philips N.V. NY Reg

Koninklijke Philips N.V. operates as a health technology company in North America, the Greater China, and internationally. It operates through Diagnosis & Treatment, Connected Care, and Personal Health segments. The company provides diagnostic imaging solutions, includes ultrasound business unit, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, and diagnostic x-ray; Image Guided Therapy, including image guided therapy systems and image guided therapy devices. … Full PHG analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Superior Capital Returns Capital return quality is top-tier (score 0.74). High ROIC indicates the business is reinvesting at attractive rates.
  • Strong Operating Margin vs Peers Operating margin level is strong vs peers (score 0.83). SG&A discipline is converting gross margin into operating profit efficiently.

Key risks

  • Below-Peer Gross Margins Gross margin quality lags peers (score 0.27). May indicate commodity-like product mix or distributor margin drag.
  • Declining FCF Margin FCF trend score is negative (score 0.23). Declining FCF margin warrants scrutiny of capital allocation discipline.

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Pricing Power & Consumable Moat

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Where PHG ranks in Medical Devices

Koninklijke Philips N.V. NY Reg ranks #44 of 160 scored companies in Medical Devices by moat score — the top 28%. The widest moat in the group is iRadimed Corporation (IRMD) at 83/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near PHG in Medical Devices
# Company Moat score Rating
40 SI-BONE, Inc. SIBN 63/100 Moderate
41 Paragon 28, Inc. FNA 63/100 Moderate
42 Orthofix Medical Inc. OFIX 62/100 Moderate
43 Cerus Corporation CERS 62/100 Moderate
44 Koninklijke Philips N.V. NY Reg PHG 62/100 Moderate
45 Neuropace, Inc. NPCE 61/100 Moderate
46 VolitionRX Limited VNRX 60/100 Moderate
47 NovoCure Limited NVCR 60/100 Moderate
48 Establishment Labs Holdings Inc ESTA 60/100 Moderate

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How PHG scores on the Medical Devices & Diagnostics defenses

Pricing Power & Consumable Moat

Score 45 · 25% of the moat score

In MedTech, pricing power is rarely about the machine — it is about what the machine consumes.

R&D Pipeline & Capital Returns

Score 78 · 20% of the moat score

Research spending is how a device company keeps its installed base current, but spending alone proves nothing.

FCF Quality & Cash Conversion

Score 51 · 20% of the moat score

MedTech companies grow by acquisition, and the resulting intangible amortisation depresses reported earnings without consuming any cash.

Commercial Execution

Score 71 · 15% of the moat score

Devices are sold into hospitals and labs through committees, tenders and long qualification cycles, which makes the sales organisation expensive and hard to replicate.

Capital Structure & Resilience

Score 63 · 12% of the moat score

Serial acquirers carry debt, and the question is whether the cash flows underneath it are dependable enough to service it through a downturn.

Growth Durability

Score 77 · 8% of the moat score

Growth durability separates an expanding installed base from a good product cycle.

How each Medical Devices & Diagnostics defense is measured, in full →

Understanding PHG's moat

What is Koninklijke Philips N.V. NY Reg's moat score?

Koninklijke Philips N.V. NY Reg (PHG) scores 62 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #44 of 160 scored companies in Medical Devices, the top 28%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 159 companies in Medical Devices. Its strongest defense is R&D Pipeline & Capital Returns (78/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power & Consumable Moat (45/100).

How does Koninklijke Philips N.V. NY Reg compare with other Medical Devices companies?

Koninklijke Philips N.V. NY Reg ranks #44 of 160 scored companies in Medical Devices by moat score. The widest moat in Medical Devices is iRadimed Corporation (IRMD) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Cerus Corporation (CERS) at 62 just above it and Neuropace, Inc. (NPCE) at 61 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Medical Devices & Diagnostics 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 159 companies in Medical Devices. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Koninklijke Philips N.V. NY Reg scored with the Medical Devices & Diagnostics template?

Medical device and diagnostics companies place an instrument once and then sell the consumables, reagents and service that instrument needs for the next decade. The economics are a razor-and-blade model wrapped in regulatory approval and clinician habit, so the MedTech template scores the durability of that installed base rather than the size of any single product launch.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Koninklijke Philips N.V. NY Reg?

The Medical Devices & Diagnostics template measures 6 defenses, and PHG scores: Pricing Power & Consumable Moat (45), R&D Pipeline & Capital Returns (78), FCF Quality & Cash Conversion (51), Commercial Execution (71), Capital Structure & Resilience (63), Growth Durability (77). 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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