St James's Place (LSE:STJ) Moat Score : 6/10 (As of Jul. 15, 2025)

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What is St James's Place Moat Score?

St James's Place has the Moat Score of 6, which implies that the company might have Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide.

St James's Place has Narrow Moat: St James's Place has a strong narrow moat with a well-established brand and deep customer loyalty in wealth management. It benefits from significant switching costs and a superior distribution network. However, it lacks the regulatory barriers or intellectual property to qualify for a wide moat.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes St James's Place might have Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide.

Competitive Comparison of St James's Place's Moat Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, St James's Place's Moat Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Moat Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

St James's Place's Moat Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, St James's Place's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

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St James's Place (LSE:STJ) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score	Moat Level
10	Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9	Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7	Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6	Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5	Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4	Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3	No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0	No Moat - No discernible moat

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St James's Place Business Description

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Address

1 Tetbury Road, St. James's Place House, Cirencester, GBR, GL7 1FP

Website

https://www.sjp.co.uk

St James's Place PLC provides investment and wealth management services to individuals, trustees, and businesses. The company operates in a single-segment wealth management business, which is a vertically integrated business providing support to its clients through the provision of financial advice and assistance through its Partner network, and financial solutions including (but not limited to) wealth management products manufactured in the Group, such as insurance bonds, pensions, unit trust, and ISA investments, and a Discretionary Fund Management (DFM) service.