PLBY Group, Inc. PLBY

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
33/100
Developing

Ranked against 29 peers in Leisure

About PLBY Group, Inc.

Playboy, Inc. operates as a pleasure and leisure company in the United States, Australia, China, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Licensing, Direct-to-Consumer, and Digital Subscriptions and Content. It offers sexual wellness products, such as lingerie, bedroom accessories, intimacy products, and other adult products; apparel and accessories products; visual media and entertainment; and beauty and … Full PLBY analysis →

Key strengths

  • Operating Leverage in Effect Operating leverage is evident (score 0.93), with margins expanding over time.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 34.6th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.28), raising refinancing risk.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where PLBY ranks in Leisure

PLBY Group, Inc. ranks #22 of 30 scored companies in Leisure by moat score — the top 73%. The widest moat in the group is Planet Fitness, Inc. (PLNT) at 76/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
18 Hasbro, Inc. HAS 47/100 Developing
19 Golden Heaven Group Holdings Lt GDHG 41/100 Developing
20 Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. MODG 41/100 Developing
21 Clarus Corporation CLAR 33/100 Developing
22 PLBY Group, Inc. PLBY 33/100 Developing
23 Funko, Inc. FNKO 31/100 Developing
24 Six Flags Entertainment Corpora FUN 30/100 Developing
25 Aureus Greenway Holdings Inc. C AGH 26/100 Developing
26 Dogness (International) Corpora DOGZ 20/100 Weak

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How PLBY scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 27 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 25 · 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 31 · 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 28 · 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 74 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding PLBY's moat

What is PLBY Group, Inc.'s moat score?

PLBY Group, Inc. (PLBY) scores 33 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #22 of 30 scored companies in Leisure, the top 73%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 29 companies in Leisure. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (74/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (16/100).

How does PLBY Group, Inc. compare with other Leisure companies?

PLBY Group, Inc. ranks #22 of 30 scored companies in Leisure by moat score. The widest moat in Leisure is Planet Fitness, Inc. (PLNT) at 76/100. The companies ranked closest are Clarus Corporation (CLAR) at 33 just above it and Funko, Inc. (FNKO) at 31 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 29 companies in Leisure. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is PLBY Group, 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 PLBY Group, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and PLBY scores: Pricing Power (27), Cost Advantage (25), Customer Stickiness (31), Capital Efficiency (16), Resilience (28), Scale & Market Position (74). 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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