T-Mobile US, Inc. TMUS

Competitive advantage analysis · communication-services

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
65/100
Moderate

About T-Mobile US, Inc.

T-Mobile US, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides wireless communications services in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. The company offers voice, messaging, and data services to postpaid, prepaid, and wholesale and other services customers. It also provides wireless devices, including smartphones, wearables, tablets, home broadband gateways, headsets, and other mobile communication devices, as well … Full TMUS analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 78.9th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
  • Cash Generation Consistent Cash generation is consistent (score 0.75), indicating reliable business model.

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
63

Where TMUS ranks in Telecom Services

T-Mobile US, Inc. ranks #15 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score — the top 27%. The widest moat in the group is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) at 76/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near TMUS in Telecom Services
# Company Moat score Rating
11 VEON Ltd. VEON 69/100 Moderate
12 Telefonica Brasil S.A. VIV 69/100 Moderate
13 Charter Communications, Inc. CHTR 67/100 Moderate
14 Radcom Ltd. RDCM 66/100 Moderate
15 T-Mobile US, Inc. TMUS 65/100 Moderate
16 Verizon Communications Inc. VZ 63/100 Moderate
17 AT&T Inc. T 63/100 Moderate
18 SK Telecom Co., Ltd. SKM 63/100 Moderate
19 Anterix Inc. ATEX 62/100 Moderate

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How TMUS 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 60 · 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 66 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 72 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 57 · 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 71 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding TMUS's moat

What is T-Mobile US, Inc.'s moat score?

T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS) scores 65 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #15 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services, the top 27%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 59 companies in Telecom Services. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (72/100) and its weakest is Resilience (57/100).

How does T-Mobile US, Inc. compare with other Telecom Services companies?

T-Mobile US, Inc. ranks #15 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score. The widest moat in Telecom Services is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) at 76/100. The companies ranked closest are Radcom Ltd. (RDCM) at 66 just above it and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) at 63 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 59 companies in Telecom Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is T-Mobile US, 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 T-Mobile US, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and TMUS scores: Pricing Power (63), Cost Advantage (60), Customer Stickiness (66), Capital Efficiency (72), Resilience (57), Scale & Market Position (71). 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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