Snail, Inc. SNAL

Competitive advantage analysis · communication-services

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
37/100
Developing

Ranked against 25 peers in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia

About Snail, Inc.

Snail, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, researches, develops, markets, publishes, and distributes interactive digital entertainment worldwide. It offers games used on platforms, such as game consoles, personal computers, mobile phones, and tablets. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Culver City, California. Snail, Inc. is a subsidiary of Olive Wood Global Development Limited. Full SNAL analysis →

Key strengths

  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 100.0th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.21), raising refinancing risk.
  • Liquidity Concerns Liquidity is concerning (score 0.08), raising questions about short-term obligations.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where SNAL ranks in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia

Snail, Inc. ranks #18 of 26 scored companies in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia by moat score — the top 69%. The widest moat in the group is NetEase, Inc. (NTES) at 83/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
14 Playtika Holding Corp. PLTK 48/100 Developing
15 Roblox Corporation RBLX 43/100 Developing
16 Golden Matrix Group, Inc. GMGI 42/100 Developing
17 Take-Two Interactive Software, TTWO 39/100 Developing
18 Snail, Inc. SNAL 37/100 Developing
19 TruGolf Holdings, Inc. TRUG 36/100 Developing
20 Blue Hat Interactive Entertainm BHAT 31/100 Developing
21 Skillz Inc. SKLZ 29/100 Developing
22 GigaMedia Limited GIGM 27/100 Developing

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How SNAL scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 28 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 47 · 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 36 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 68 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 19 · 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 24 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding SNAL's moat

What is Snail, Inc.'s moat score?

Snail, Inc. (SNAL) scores 37 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #18 of 26 scored companies in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia, the top 69%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 25 companies in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (68/100) and its weakest is Resilience (19/100).

How does Snail, Inc. compare with other Electronic Gaming & Multimedia companies?

Snail, Inc. ranks #18 of 26 scored companies in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia by moat score. The widest moat in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia is NetEase, Inc. (NTES) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Take-Two Interactive Software, (TTWO) at 39 just above it and TruGolf Holdings, Inc. (TRUG) at 36 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 25 companies in Electronic Gaming & Multimedia. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Snail, 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 Snail, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SNAL scores: Pricing Power (28), Cost Advantage (47), Customer Stickiness (36), Capital Efficiency (68), Resilience (19), Scale & Market Position (24). 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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