Marriott Vacations Worldwide Co VAC

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
48/100
Developing

Ranked against 17 peers in Resorts & Casinos

About Marriott Vacations Worldwide Co

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, a vacation company, engages in the vacation ownership, exchange, rental, and resort and property management businesses in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Vacation Ownership and Exchange & Third-Party Management. It develops, markets, sells, and manages vacation ownership and related products under the Marriott Vacation Club, Grand Residences by Marriott, Sheraton … Full VAC analysis →

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.88), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.88), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.12), raising refinancing risk.
  • Weak or Negative Cash Flow Cash generation is weak (score 0.15), limiting financial flexibility.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where VAC ranks in Resorts & Casinos

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Co ranks #12 of 18 scored companies in Resorts & Casinos by moat score — the top 67%. The widest moat in the group is Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (MCRI) at 83/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
8 Wynn Resorts, Limited WYNN 54/100 Moderate
9 Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. HGV 54/100 Moderate
10 MGM Resorts International MGM 51/100 Moderate
11 Studio City International Holdi MSC 50/100 Developing
12 Marriott Vacations Worldwide Co VAC 48/100 Developing
13 Melco Resorts & Entertainment L MLCO 43/100 Developing
14 Golden Entertainment, Inc. GDEN 39/100 Developing
15 Century Casinos, Inc. CNTY 34/100 Developing
16 Bally's Corporation BALY 25/100 Weak

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How VAC scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 61 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 42 · 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 54 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 43 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 37 · 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 42 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding VAC's moat

What is Marriott Vacations Worldwide Co's moat score?

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Co (VAC) scores 48 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #12 of 18 scored companies in Resorts & Casinos, the top 67%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 17 companies in Resorts & Casinos. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (61/100) and its weakest is Resilience (37/100).

How does Marriott Vacations Worldwide Co compare with other Resorts & Casinos companies?

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Co ranks #12 of 18 scored companies in Resorts & Casinos by moat score. The widest moat in Resorts & Casinos is Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. (MCRI) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Studio City International Holdi (MSC) at 50 just above it and Melco Resorts & Entertainment L (MLCO) at 43 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 17 companies in Resorts & Casinos. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Marriott Vacations Worldwide Co 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 Marriott Vacations Worldwide Co?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and VAC scores: Pricing Power (61), Cost Advantage (42), Customer Stickiness (54), Capital Efficiency (43), Resilience (37), Scale & Market Position (42). 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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