UTStarcom Holdings Corp UTSI

Competitive advantage analysis · technology

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
25/100
Developing

Ranked against 58 peers in Communication Equipment

About UTStarcom Holdings Corp

UTStarcom Holdings Corp. operates as a telecom infrastructure provider to develop technology for bandwidth from cloud-based services, mobile, streaming, and other applications in China, India, Japan, and internationally. The company operates through Equipment and Services segments. Its products include converged packet transport, disaggregated router platform, packet transport network, packet aggregation network, multi-services access network, fiber to the X, carrier Wi-Fi … Full UTSI analysis →

Key strengths

  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.79), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 3.8th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.10), suggesting limited competitive advantage.

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Pricing Power

Weak
13
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Where UTSI ranks in Communication Equipment

UTStarcom Holdings Corp ranks #47 of 59 scored companies in Communication Equipment by moat score — the top 80%. The widest moat in the group is Ubiquiti Inc. (UI) at 82/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
43 Ondas Holdings Inc. ONDS 27/100 Developing
44 EchoStar Corporation SATS 27/100 Developing
45 Boxlight Corporation BOXL 26/100 Developing
46 Silynxcom Ltd. SYNX 26/100 Developing
47 UTStarcom Holdings Corp UTSI 25/100 Developing
48 Akoustis Technologies, Inc. AKTSQ 24/100 Weak
49 Vislink Technologies, Inc. VISL 23/100 Weak
50 AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ASTS 20/100 Weak
51 Mobilicom Limited MOB 19/100 Weak

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How UTSI scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 13 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 17 · 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 28 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 37 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 52 · 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 12 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding UTSI's moat

What is UTStarcom Holdings Corp's moat score?

UTStarcom Holdings Corp (UTSI) scores 25 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #47 of 59 scored companies in Communication Equipment, the top 80%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 58 companies in Communication Equipment. Its strongest defense is Resilience (52/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (12/100).

How does UTStarcom Holdings Corp compare with other Communication Equipment companies?

UTStarcom Holdings Corp ranks #47 of 59 scored companies in Communication Equipment by moat score. The widest moat in Communication Equipment is Ubiquiti Inc. (UI) at 82/100. The companies ranked closest are Silynxcom Ltd. (SYNX) at 26 just above it and Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (AKTSQ) at 24 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 58 companies in Communication Equipment. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is UTStarcom Holdings Corp 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 UTStarcom Holdings Corp?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and UTSI scores: Pricing Power (13), Cost Advantage (17), Customer Stickiness (28), Capital Efficiency (37), Resilience (52), Scale & Market Position (12). 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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