Does a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. have an economic moat?

Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. (AKA) 43.3 out of 100 — a Shallow moat. The four filters behind that score (each 0–100): pricing power 92, returns on capital 5, balance-sheet safety 28, capital discipline 43.

How has AKA's Moat Score changed over time?

The record logs 4 readings since Jul 17, 2026; the latest reads 43.3 out of 100 (shallow moat). No tier changes on record yet. The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.

The Moat Index

a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp.

AKA · Consumer Discretionary · $118.6M mkt cap · FY2025 filings · Shallow moat ·

Doesn't clear the bar

Shallow moat

The four filters

Pricing power92

Median gross margin 55.1% over 7y, very stable.

Returns on capital5

Median ROIC -4.0%, above the 9% hurdle in 14% of years.

Balance-sheet safety28

Net debt/EBITDA n/ax, interest coverage -2x.

Capital discipline43

Owner earnings trend unclear, share count flat.

Margin of safety

Above valueOn sale

No price data

Owner earnings (normalized): —
Est. intrinsic value / share: —
Recent price: $11.01
Discount to value: No price data

Conservative model: 9% discount rate, 0% assumed growth (capped at 4%), maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A).

8 years of fundamentals

The business, in plain English

a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. booked $600.2M of revenue in FY2025 in the Consumer Discretionary sector and kept 57.3% of it as gross profit — a high-margin business by that measure. After every other cost, −5.2% of each revenue dollar reached the bottom line.

Across the filed record, revenue grew from $102.4M (FY2019) to $600.2M (FY2025) — about 34.3% a year compounded over 6 years.

It earned −7.6% on invested capital in FY2025, with a median of −4.0% across 7 filed years. The Returns on Capital filter above scores it 5/100.

The balance sheet carried $111.1M of total debt in FY2025. Balance-Sheet Safety scores it 28/100.

Put together: Pricing Power is the strongest of the four filters (92/100) and Returns on Capital the weakest (5/100), which is how AKA lands at 43/100 — a Shallow moat.

This breakdown is generated from the filed numbers and sub-scores above — no outside narrative, no estimates. Where a filing doesn’t disclose an input, the sentence that would need it is omitted instead of guessed.

RevenueSales, as filed$600.2M FY2025

Gross marginRevenue kept after cost of goods57.3% FY2025

Return on invested capitalOperating profit on the capital employed−7.6% FY2025

Owner earningsCash an owner could take out−$48.5M FY2025

Gaps in a line mean that item isn’t in AKA’s filings for that year — the series is never interpolated or estimated. The Table view lists every filed value, including operating and net margins, total debt, and share count.

Moat Score history

Moat Score over timeLast scored reading of each day, on the 0–100 scale43.3 / 100

Tier changesSame-methodology crossings of the Wide / Narrow / Shallow bars

None yet — AKA has read Shallow moat for every logged capture since Jul 17, 2026.

Scores are logged append-only and never overwritten — this record can’t be backfilled, which is exactly why it’s worth keeping.

Track record

How a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp.’s moat rated in each of the years we can reconstruct from its filings — scored only on what was knowable at the time — and what its price and returns did afterward. The score never saw a price; the two are joined only in hindsight, for education, not as a signal.

As-of Moat Score (dot colored by tier)Indexed price (total-return (dividends reinvested))Rated Wide-moat that year

How to read this: each dot is what the engine would have scored AKA on that December 31; the line below is its total-return price path (dividends reinvested) in the years since.

Two tracks, one timeline: the score has its own 0–100 scale (top), the price its own 100-based scale (bottom) — never a shared axis. The price path is a total-return (dividends reinvested) index built from the same data the forward returns use; gaps in the score line are years with no reconstructed rating (see the table for why). The Table view carries every value.

What followed, in the years it rated Wide

In the reconstructed history shown, AKA did not rate Wide-moat in any year, so there is no wide-moat track record to report. That absence is itself the honest answer — we don’t manufacture a comparison where the rating never earned one.

Consumer Discretionary context

#197 of 359 scored Consumer Discretionary companies, ranked by Moat Score.

Nearest peers by Moat Score

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#196WMK WEIS MARKETS, INC43.4 out of 100, Shallow moatShallow moat
#198GPI Group 1 Automotive, Inc43.2 out of 100, Shallow moatShallow moat
#199WAB WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION43.1 out of 100, Shallow moatShallow moat

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Common questions about AKA

Does a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. have an economic moat?: Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. (AKA) 43.3 out of 100 — a Shallow moat. The four filters behind that score (each 0–100): pricing power 92, returns on capital 5, balance-sheet safety 28, capital discipline 43.
How has AKA's Moat Score changed over time?: The record logs 4 readings since Jul 17, 2026; the latest reads 43.3 out of 100 (shallow moat). No tier changes on record yet. The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.

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