debt_leverage_profile
Decent Holding Inc. appears to be a small/micro-cap holding entity; estimated net debt-to-EBITDA below 2x; 20% rate rise adds modest incremental interest burden, likely under $500K annually.
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interest_rate_sensitivity
Low-to-moderate sensitivity; floating-rate exposure estimated under 40% of debt stack; 20% rate increase compresses net margin by approximately 1-2 percentage points.
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geopolitical_supply_exposure
High intensity; European gas dependency on Russia exposed structural energy security vulnerabilities.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
supply_chain_dependency
Primary chokepoints: (1) Taiwan Strait for semiconductor/electronics inputs; (2) Suez Canal for any physical goods logistics depending on subsidiary operations.
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international_expansion_readiness
Limited disclosed international revenue; primary FX exposure likely CAD and EUR; sovereign devaluation risk rated low-to-moderate given predominantly North American footprint.
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geographic_footprint
Primarily North American operations (Canada/US); top revenue markets face modest CAD/USD parity risk; EUR exposure minimal; overall devaluation risk is low.
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commodity_exposure_profile
High intensity; commodities: Natural Gas, Coal, Uranium, Crude Oil, Copper (grid), Lithium (storage); geopolitical: European gas dependency on Russia exposed structural energy security vulnerabilities.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
vendor_lock_dependency_score
Moderate risk; holding company structure suggests subsidiary-level vendor dependencies; likely at least one critical SaaS or infrastructure vendor exceeding 30% of operational input at subsidiary level.
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business_model_type_primary
Holding company with diversified subsidiaries; cloud disruption risk is subsidiary-specific; 30-day termination would cause significant operational disruption to any tech-enabled portfolio company.
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business_model_type_secondary
Secondary model likely asset management or investment holding; cloud dependency lower at HoldCo level but portfolio operating companies face standard SaaS migration risk of 3-6 months.
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switching_cost_profile
Moderate API coupling risk; subsidiary operations likely integrated with standard third-party APIs; switching cost estimated at 2-4 months of engineering effort per critical integration.
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howey_test_risk_index
Low Howey Test risk; holding company equity structure does not resemble an investment contract; primary revenue from operating subsidiaries, not passive investor profit-sharing schemes.
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regulatory_burden_tier
Very High
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
data_sovereignty_risk
Moderate GDPR/CCPA exposure if subsidiaries handle consumer data; holding structure may create compliance gaps across entities; estimated remediation cost $200K-$800K if non-compliant.
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antitrust_exposure_flag
Low antitrust exposure; Decent Holding appears to be sub-scale with no dominant market position in any single vertical; no known merger challenges or regulatory scrutiny flagged.
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regulatory_exposure_profile
Very High burden; regimes: FERC, NERC, EPA, NRC, State PUCs, DOE; Rate-case lag and clean-energy mandates compress returns on regulated asset base.
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
revenue_model_type
Estimated 40-60% recurring revenue via subsidiary contracts/retainers; remainder transactional; blended model typical of diversified holding companies at this scale.
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monetization_vector
Primary monetization through portfolio company operating income, management fees, and dividend/distribution upstreaming from subsidiaries; secondary via asset appreciation and exit events.
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pricing_architecture
Pricing set at subsidiary level; holding company lacks unified pricing architecture; stress test reveals vulnerability if any single subsidiary loses top-3 client, potentially dropping consolidated EBITDA 15-25%.
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pricing_power_rating
Moderate; individual subsidiaries may have niche pricing power but holding-level blended pricing power is limited by competitive subsidiary markets; rated 5/10.
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target_gross_margin_bracket
Estimated consolidated gross margin 35-55% depending on subsidiary mix; services-heavy subsidiaries skew higher; product/distribution subsidiaries compress blended margin.
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churn_vulnerability_index
Moderate free-rider risk if any subsidiary offers freemium or shared-resource models; holding-level churn risk is low but portfolio companies in SaaS segments face standard 10-20% annual churn.
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headcount_cost_structure
Growth is partially headcount-linear at subsidiary level; holding company overhead is fixed; doubling revenue likely requires 60-70% headcount increase, indicating modest but not full sublinearity.
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marginal_cost_of_growth
Marginal cost of revenue growth estimated at 0.6-0.8x headcount scaling ratio; some operational leverage exists via shared services at HoldCo level; not yet fully scalable.
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franchise_compliance_risk
Not applicable as a primary risk; Decent Holding does not appear to operate a franchise network; subsidiary-level licensing compliance risk rated low.
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customer_acquisition_metric
At 10x scale, CAC efficiency depends on subsidiary-specific channels; current blended CAC likely $500-$5,000 per client; scale would improve unit economics if shared infrastructure is leveraged.
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network_effect_present
Weak to no network effects at holding company level; individual subsidiaries may have limited local network effects; not a platform business model driving compounding user value.
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asset_efficiency_ratio
AI displacement risk moderate; back-office and administrative functions within holding structure are automatable; estimated 20-30% of current overhead headcount susceptible to AI displacement by 2027.
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recession_resistance_tier
Tier 3 (moderate vulnerability); diversified holding structure provides some insulation but small-cap subsidiaries in cyclical sectors would face revenue compression of 15-30% in a recession.
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customer_segment_primary
Primary customer segments are at subsidiary level; likely SME and mid-market clients; customer concentration risk elevated if any single subsidiary derives >30% revenue from one client.
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customer_segment_secondary
Secondary segment likely government or institutional clients in specific subsidiaries; provides partial revenue stability but introduces procurement cycle risk and contract renewal dependency.
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characteristic_occupations
["11-0000 Management Occupations", "13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations", "15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations", "17-0000 Architecture and Engineering Occupations", "23-0000 Legal Occupations", "41-0000 Sales and Related Occupations", "43-0000 Office and Administrative Support Occupations", "47-0000 Construction and Extraction Occupations", "49-0000 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations"]
High
SOC-2018/GICS-overlay
agent_automatable_labor_share
0.34 (HIL — ~34% of characteristic roles agent-automatable)
Medium
SOC-2018 + agentic-exposure-v1
capital_expenditure_profile
Capital allocation appears maintenance-oriented with limited evidence of aggressive reallocation toward future-state infrastructure; HoldCo likely in harvest/optimize mode rather than transformation investment cycle.
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sec_cik
0001958133
High
SEC-EDGAR
ticker
DXST
High
SEC-EDGAR