Does Lakeside have an economic moat?
Not clearly
Lakeside earns -10.7% a year on the money invested in it, a return competitors could match.
The numbers behind it
Return on invested capital, average of recent years-10.7%
Return on invested capital, latest year-24.5%
Gross margin20.3%Share of each sale left after production costs
Net margin-1.2%
How we decide
A moat shows up in the numbers as high returns that last. We call it likely when the average return on invested capital over recent years is at least 15% and the gross margin at least 40%, and possible from 10%. The numbers can't show where a moat comes from (brand, network, patents), only that one seems to exist.
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Data as of Aug 11, 2026.