VivoPower International PLC VVPR

Competitive advantage analysis · technology

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
22/100
Weak

Ranked against 27 peers in Solar

About VivoPower International PLC

VivoPower International PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides energy solutions for customized and ruggedized fleet applications, battery and microgrids, and solar and critical power technology and services. It operates through Electric Vehicles, Sustainable Energy Solutions, Solar Development, and Digital Assets segments. The Electric Vehicles segment offers ruggedized battery-powered Electric Vehicle (EV) solutions, including conversion kits for fleet owners in the … Full VVPR analysis →

Key strengths

  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 90.5th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 4.3th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.04), suggesting limited competitive advantage.

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Pricing Power

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Where VVPR ranks in Solar

VivoPower International PLC ranks #22 of 28 scored companies in Solar by moat score — the top 79%. The widest moat in the group is First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) at 89/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
18 Turbo Energy, S.A. TURB 39/100 Developing
19 Solarmax Technology Inc. SMXT 35/100 Developing
20 Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. MAXN 33/100 Developing
21 Beam Global BEEM 31/100 Developing
22 VivoPower International PLC VVPR 22/100 Weak
23 Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc ASTI 10/100 Weak
24 Complete Solaria, Inc. CSLR 0/100 Weak
25 Sunnova Energy International In NOVA 0/100 Weak
26 Emeren Group Ltd SOL 0/100 Weak

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How VVPR scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 3 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 5 · 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 9 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 65 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 40 · 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 4 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding VVPR's moat

What is VivoPower International PLC's moat score?

VivoPower International PLC (VVPR) scores 22 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #22 of 28 scored companies in Solar, the top 79%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 27 companies in Solar. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (65/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (3/100).

How does VivoPower International PLC compare with other Solar companies?

VivoPower International PLC ranks #22 of 28 scored companies in Solar by moat score. The widest moat in Solar is First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) at 89/100. The companies ranked closest are Beam Global (BEEM) at 31 just above it and Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc (ASTI) at 10 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 27 companies in Solar. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is VivoPower International PLC 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 VivoPower International PLC?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and VVPR scores: Pricing Power (3), Cost Advantage (5), Customer Stickiness (9), Capital Efficiency (65), Resilience (40), Scale & Market Position (4). 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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