Solventum Corporation SOLV

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
72/100
Moderate

About Solventum Corporation

Solventum Corporation, a healthcare company, develops, manufactures, and commercializes a portfolio of solutions to address critical customer and patient needs in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Medsurg, Dental Solutions, and Health Information Systems. The Medsurg segment offers solutions for negative pressure wound therapy, advanced wound dressings, advanced skin care, I.V. site management, sterilization assurance, temperature … Full SOLV analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.85), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 91.4th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.

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Pricing Power

Strong
80

Where SOLV ranks in Health Information Services

Solventum Corporation ranks #9 of 68 scored companies in Health Information Services by moat score — the top 13%. The widest moat in the group is Veeva Systems Inc. (VEEV) at 88/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near SOLV in Health Information Services
# Company Moat score Rating
5 Waystar Holding Corp. WAY 76/100 Strong
6 HealthStream, Inc. HSTM 74/100 Moderate
7 GoodRx Holdings, Inc. GDRX 74/100 Moderate
8 National Research Corporation NRC 73/100 Moderate
9 Solventum Corporation SOLV 72/100 Moderate
10 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. GEHC 72/100 Moderate
11 Progyny, Inc. PGNY 71/100 Moderate
12 CareCloud, Inc. - 8.75% Series CCLDP 71/100 Moderate
13 OptimizeRx Corporation OPRX 70/100 Moderate

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How SOLV scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 80 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 83 · 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 68 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 84 · 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 67 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding SOLV's moat

What is Solventum Corporation's moat score?

Solventum Corporation (SOLV) scores 72 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #9 of 68 scored companies in Health Information Services, the top 13%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 67 companies in Health Information Services. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (84/100) and its weakest is Resilience (49/100).

How does Solventum Corporation compare with other Health Information Services companies?

Solventum Corporation ranks #9 of 68 scored companies in Health Information Services by moat score. The widest moat in Health Information Services is Veeva Systems Inc. (VEEV) at 88/100. The companies ranked closest are National Research Corporation (NRC) at 73 just above it and GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. (GEHC) at 72 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 67 companies in Health Information Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Solventum Corporation 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 Solventum Corporation?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SOLV scores: Pricing Power (80), Cost Advantage (83), Customer Stickiness (68), Capital Efficiency (84), Resilience (49), Scale & Market Position (67). 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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