UroGen Pharma Ltd. URGN

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
50/100
Moderate

About UroGen Pharma Ltd.

UroGen Pharma Ltd. engages in the development and commercialization of solutions for urothelial and specialty cancers. It offers RTGel, a novel proprietary polymeric biocompatible, reverse thermal gelation hydrogel technology; and Jelmyto for pyelocalyceal solution. The company's lead product candidate are UGN-102 for pyelocalyceal solution; UGN-103, which is in phase 3 of clinical trial for intravesical solution; and UGN-104 that is … Full URGN analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.74), with robust interest coverage.
  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.89), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 2.9th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
53

Where URGN ranks in Biotechnology

UroGen Pharma Ltd. ranks #238 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology by moat score — the top 33%. The widest moat in the group is Royalty Pharma plc (RPRX) at 85/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near URGN in Biotechnology
# Company Moat score Rating
234 Enliven Therapeutics, Inc. ELVN 51/100 Moderate
235 Insmed Incorporated INSM 51/100 Moderate
236 Carisma Therapeutics, Inc. CARM 50/100 Moderate
237 Merus N.V. MRUS 50/100 Moderate
238 UroGen Pharma Ltd. URGN 50/100 Moderate
239 GH Research PLC GHRS 50/100 Moderate
240 DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc. DMAC 50/100 Moderate
241 Biomotion Sciences Warrant SLXNW 50/100 Moderate
242 Bicycle Therapeutics plc BCYC 50/100 Moderate

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How URGN scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 53 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 64 · 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 59 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 10 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 64 · 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 58 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding URGN's moat

What is UroGen Pharma Ltd.'s moat score?

UroGen Pharma Ltd. (URGN) scores 50 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #238 of 713 scored companies in Biotechnology, the top 33%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 712 companies in Biotechnology. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (64/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (10/100).

How does UroGen Pharma Ltd. compare with other Biotechnology companies?

UroGen Pharma Ltd. ranks #238 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 Merus N.V. (MRUS) at 50 just above it and GH Research PLC (GHRS) at 50 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 UroGen Pharma Ltd. 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 UroGen Pharma Ltd.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and URGN scores: Pricing Power (53), Cost Advantage (64), Customer Stickiness (59), Capital Efficiency (10), Resilience (64), Scale & Market Position (58). 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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