Sun Country Airlines Holdings, SNCY

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
65/100
Moderate

Ranked against 19 peers in Airlines

About Sun Country Airlines Holdings,

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc., an air carrier company, operates scheduled passenger, air cargo, charter air transportation, and related services in the United States, Latin America, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Passenger and Cargo. The company also provides aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance services through ad hoc, repeat, short-term, and long-term service contracts; loyalty program rewards; and ancillary … Full SNCY analysis →

Key strengths

  • Consistent Cash Generation Cash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.71).
  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.76), suggesting sticky customer base.

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Pricing Power

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Where SNCY ranks in Airlines

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, ranks #5 of 20 scored companies in Airlines by moat score — the top 25%. The widest moat in the group is SkyWest, Inc. (SKYW) at 72/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
1 SkyWest, Inc. SKYW 72/100 Moderate
2 Copa Holdings, S.A. CPA 72/100 Moderate
3 Ryanair Holdings plc RYAAY 66/100 Moderate
4 Delta Air Lines, Inc. DAL 66/100 Moderate
5 Sun Country Airlines Holdings, SNCY 65/100 Moderate
6 LATAM Airlines Group S.A. LTM 65/100 Moderate
7 United Airlines Holdings, Inc. UAL 59/100 Moderate
8 Azul S.A. AZUL 56/100 Moderate
9 Alaska Air Group, Inc. ALK 53/100 Moderate

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How SNCY scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 63 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 77 · 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 74 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 69 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 71 · 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 44 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding SNCY's moat

What is Sun Country Airlines Holdings, 's moat score?

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, (SNCY) scores 65 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #5 of 20 scored companies in Airlines, the top 25%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 19 companies in Airlines. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (77/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (44/100).

How does Sun Country Airlines Holdings, compare with other Airlines companies?

Sun Country Airlines Holdings, ranks #5 of 20 scored companies in Airlines by moat score. The widest moat in Airlines is SkyWest, Inc. (SKYW) at 72/100. The companies ranked closest are Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) at 66 just above it and LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (LTM) at 65 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 19 companies in Airlines. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Sun Country Airlines Holdings, 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 Sun Country Airlines Holdings, ?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SNCY scores: Pricing Power (63), Cost Advantage (77), Customer Stickiness (74), Capital Efficiency (69), Resilience (71), Scale & Market Position (44). 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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