Spruce Power Holding Corporation owns and operates distributed solar energy assets in the United States. The company offers electricity for homeowners and businesses through subscription-based payments and solar renewable energy credits (SRECs) for contracted prices, which are generated by home solar energy systems. It also provides Spruce Pro servicing platform, which provides home and third party-owned solar energy systems with …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Scale Supporting ProfitabilityProfitability at scale is strong (score 0.95), demonstrating competitive advantages.
Margins Consistently Above PeersGross margin at 65.2% (top 0%) and operating margin at 16.0% (top 9%) indicate strong pricing power.
Key risks
Liquidity ConcernsLiquidity is concerning (score 0.04), raising questions about short-term obligations.
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.24), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
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Spruce Power Holding Corporatio ranks #8 of 28
scored companies in Solar by moat score — the top 29%.
The widest moat in the group is First Solar, Inc. (FSLR)
at 89/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near SPRU in Solar
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 59
· 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 40
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 43
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 35
· 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 96
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
What is Spruce Power Holding Corporatio's moat score?
Spruce Power Holding Corporatio (SPRU) scores 55 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #8 of 28 scored companies in Solar, the top 29%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 27 companies in Solar. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (96/100) and its weakest is Resilience (35/100).
How does Spruce Power Holding Corporatio compare with other Solar companies?
Spruce Power Holding Corporatio ranks #8 of 28 scored companies in Solar by moat score. The widest moat in Solar is First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) at 89/100. The companies ranked closest are Array Technologies, Inc. (ARRY) at 56 just above it and Zeo Energy Corporation (ZEO) at 48 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 27 companies in Solar. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Spruce Power Holding Corporatio 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 Spruce Power Holding Corporatio?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and SPRU scores: Pricing Power (59), Cost Advantage (59), Customer Stickiness (40), Capital Efficiency (43), Resilience (35), Scale & Market Position (96). 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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