WideOpenWest, Inc. WOW

Competitive advantage analysis · communication-services

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
30/100
Developing

Ranked against 59 peers in Telecom Services

About WideOpenWest, Inc.

WideOpenWest, Inc. provides high-speed data, cable television, and digital telephony services to residential and business customers in the United States. The company's video services include basic cable services that comprise local broadcast television and local community programming; digital cable services; WOW tv+ that offers traditional cable video and cloud DVR functionality, voice remote with Google Assistant, and Netflix integration along … Full WOW analysis →

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.82), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 29.8th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.24), raising refinancing risk.

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Pricing Power

Weak
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Where WOW ranks in Telecom Services

WideOpenWest, Inc. ranks #44 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score — the top 79%. The widest moat in the group is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) at 76/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
40 Liberty Global Ltd. LBTYK 34/100 Developing
41 Liberty Global Ltd. LBTYA 33/100 Developing
42 Liberty Global Ltd. LBTYB 33/100 Developing
43 Cable One, Inc. CABO 31/100 Developing
44 WideOpenWest, Inc. WOW 30/100 Developing
45 Shenandoah Telecommunications C SHEN 28/100 Developing
46 Lumen Technologies, Inc. LUMN 26/100 Developing
47 Liberty Broadband Corporation LBRDA 25/100 Developing
48 Liberty Broadband Corporation - LBRDP 25/100 Developing

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How WOW scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 21 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 41 · 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 51 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 17 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 24 · 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 28 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding WOW's moat

What is WideOpenWest, Inc.'s moat score?

WideOpenWest, Inc. (WOW) scores 30 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #44 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services, the top 79%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 59 companies in Telecom Services. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (51/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (17/100).

How does WideOpenWest, Inc. compare with other Telecom Services companies?

WideOpenWest, Inc. ranks #44 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score. The widest moat in Telecom Services is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) at 76/100. The companies ranked closest are Cable One, Inc. (CABO) at 31 just above it and Shenandoah Telecommunications C (SHEN) at 28 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 59 companies in Telecom Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is WideOpenWest, 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 WideOpenWest, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and WOW scores: Pricing Power (21), Cost Advantage (41), Customer Stickiness (51), Capital Efficiency (17), Resilience (24), Scale & Market Position (28). 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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