Instil Bio, Inc. TIL

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
60/100
Moderate

About Instil Bio, Inc.

Instil Bio, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing a pipeline of novel therapies. Its lead products candidate is AXN-2510/IMM2510 that is in Phase 1b/2 clinical trial for the treatment of patients with chemotherapy in patients with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. The company also conducts a Phase 1 open label trial in China for AXN-2510/IMM2510 as monotherapy in … Full TIL analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.99), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • Weak or Negative Cash Flow Cash generation is weak (score 0.00), limiting financial flexibility.

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Pricing Power

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Where TIL ranks in Biotechnology

Instil Bio, Inc. ranks #101 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score — the top 14%. The widest moat in the group is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) at 85/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near TIL in Biotechnology
# Company Moat score Rating
97 Nautilus Biotechnology, Inc. NAUT 61/100 Moderate
98 Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. TERN 61/100 Moderate
99 Tango Therapeutics, Inc. TNGX 61/100 Moderate
100 Codexis, Inc. CDXS 60/100 Moderate
101 Instil Bio, Inc. TIL 60/100 Moderate
102 Tourmaline Bio, Inc. TRML 60/100 Moderate
103 Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. EWTX 60/100 Moderate
104 Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MIRM 60/100 Moderate
105 Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ENTA 60/100 Moderate

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How TIL scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Not measurable · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Not measurable · 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

Not measurable · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 48 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 80 · 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

Not measurable · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding TIL's moat

What is Instil Bio, Inc.'s moat score?

Instil Bio, Inc. (TIL) scores 60 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #101 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology, the top 14%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 712 companies in Biotechnology. Its strongest defense is Resilience (80/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (48/100).

How does Instil Bio, Inc. compare with other Biotechnology companies?

Instil Bio, Inc. ranks #101 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score. The widest moat in Biotechnology is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) at 85/100. The companies ranked closest are Codexis, Inc. (CDXS) at 60 just above it and Tourmaline Bio, Inc. (TRML) 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 712 companies in Biotechnology. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Instil Bio, 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 Instil Bio, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and TIL scores: Pricing Power (not measurable), Cost Advantage (not measurable), Customer Stickiness (not measurable), Capital Efficiency (48), Resilience (80), Scale & Market Position (not measurable). 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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