Addus HomeCare Corporation ADUS

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
68/100
Moderate

About Addus HomeCare Corporation

Addus HomeCare Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides personal care services to elderly, chronically ill, disabled persons, and individuals who are at risk of hospitalization or institutionalization in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Personal Care, Hospice, and Home Health. Its Personal Care segment provides non-medical assistance with activities of daily living. This segment offers services that … Full ADUS analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.94), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.79), with robust interest coverage.

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Pricing Power

Strong
77

Where ADUS ranks in Medical Care Facilities

Addus HomeCare Corporation ranks #12 of 58 scored companies in Medical Care Facilities by moat score — the top 21%. The widest moat in the group is Encompass Health Corporation (EHC) at 77/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near ADUS in Medical Care Facilities
# Company Moat score Rating
8 HCA Healthcare, Inc. HCA 70/100 Moderate
9 DaVita Inc. DVA 70/100 Moderate
10 Biote Corp. BTMD 69/100 Moderate
11 The Ensign Group, Inc. ENSG 69/100 Moderate
12 Addus HomeCare Corporation ADUS 68/100 Moderate
13 Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. MD 65/100 Moderate
14 Healthcare Services Group, Inc. HCSG 65/100 Moderate
15 Community Health Systems, Inc. CYH 64/100 Moderate
16 Fresenius Medical Care AG FMS 64/100 Moderate

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How ADUS scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 77 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 57 · 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 63 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 68 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 76 · 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 67 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding ADUS's moat

What is Addus HomeCare Corporation's moat score?

Addus HomeCare Corporation (ADUS) scores 68 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #12 of 58 scored companies in Medical Care Facilities, the top 21%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 57 companies in Medical Care Facilities. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (77/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (57/100).

How does Addus HomeCare Corporation compare with other Medical Care Facilities companies?

Addus HomeCare Corporation ranks #12 of 58 scored companies in Medical Care Facilities by moat score. The widest moat in Medical Care Facilities is Encompass Health Corporation (EHC) at 77/100. The companies ranked closest are The Ensign Group, Inc. (ENSG) at 69 just above it and Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (MD) at 65 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 57 companies in Medical Care Facilities. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Addus HomeCare Corporation 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 Addus HomeCare Corporation?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and ADUS scores: Pricing Power (77), Cost Advantage (57), Customer Stickiness (63), Capital Efficiency (68), Resilience (76), Scale & Market Position (67). 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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