Twin Hospitality Group Inc. TWNP

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
25/100
Weak

About Twin Hospitality Group Inc.

Twin Hospitality Group Inc. operates and franchises specialty casual dining restaurant in the United States and internationally. It operates restaurants under Twin Peaks and Smokey Bones names. The company was incorporated in 2024 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Twin Hospitality Group Inc. is a subsidiary of FAT Brands Inc. On January 26, 2026, Twin Hospitality Group Inc. filed a … Full TWNP analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 31.5th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 29.6th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.

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

Weak
23

Where TWNP ranks in Restaurants

Twin Hospitality Group Inc. ranks #43 of 57 scored companies in Restaurants by moat score — the top 75%. The widest moat in the group is Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) at 83/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near TWNP in Restaurants
# Company Moat score Rating
39 Jack In The Box Inc. JACK 34/100 Developing
40 Ark Restaurants Corp. ARKR 32/100 Developing
41 BT Brands, Inc. BTBD 29/100 Developing
42 Noodles & Company NDLS 25/100 Developing
43 Twin Hospitality Group Inc. TWNP 25/100 Weak
44 Venu Holding Corporation VENU 22/100 Weak
45 Sweetgreen, Inc. SG 22/100 Weak
46 Reborn Coffee, Inc. REBN 22/100 Weak
47 Cannae Holdings, Inc. CNNE 22/100 Weak

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How TWNP scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 23 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 38 · 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 17 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 15 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 25 · 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 22 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding TWNP's moat

What is Twin Hospitality Group Inc.'s moat score?

Twin Hospitality Group Inc. (TWNP) scores 24 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #43 of 57 scored companies in Restaurants, the top 75%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 56 companies in Restaurants. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (38/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (15/100).

How does Twin Hospitality Group Inc. compare with other Restaurants companies?

Twin Hospitality Group Inc. ranks #43 of 57 scored companies in Restaurants by moat score. The widest moat in Restaurants is Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Noodles & Company (NDLS) at 25 just above it and Venu Holding Corporation (VENU) at 22 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 56 companies in Restaurants. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Twin Hospitality Group 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 Twin Hospitality Group Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and TWNP scores: Pricing Power (23), Cost Advantage (38), Customer Stickiness (17), Capital Efficiency (15), Resilience (25), Scale & Market Position (22). 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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