ScanSource, Inc. engages in the distribution of technology products and solutions in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: Specialty Technology Solutions, and Intelisys & Advisory. The Specialty Technology Solutions segment offers mobility and barcode, including mobile computing; barcode scanners and imagers, radio frequency identification devices, barcode printing and related services; point of sale systems and integrated …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 69.1th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.99), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Key risks
Liquidity ConcernsLiquidity is concerning (score 0.30), raising questions about short-term obligations.
Where SCSC ranks in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components
ScanSource, Inc. ranks #102 of 304
scored companies in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components by moat score — the top 34%.
The widest moat in the group is Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET)
at 86/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near SCSC in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 70
· 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 63
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 74
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 49
· 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 45
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
ScanSource, Inc. (SCSC) scores 60 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #102 of 304 scored companies in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components, the top 34%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 303 companies in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (74/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (45/100).
How does ScanSource, Inc. compare with other Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components companies?
ScanSource, Inc. ranks #102 of 304 scored companies in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components by moat score. The widest moat in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components is Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (COMM) at 60 just above it and MKS Instruments, Inc. (MKSI) at 60 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 303 companies in Technology: Semiconductors, Hardware & Components. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is ScanSource, 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 ScanSource, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SCSC scores: Pricing Power (57), Cost Advantage (70), Customer Stickiness (63), Capital Efficiency (74), Resilience (49), Scale & Market Position (45). 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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