American Woodmark Corporation AMWD

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
71/100
Moderate

About American Woodmark Corporation

American Woodmark Corporation manufactures and distributes kitchen, bath, and home organization products for the remodeling and new home construction markets in the United States. The company offers kitchen cabinetry, bath cabinetry, office cabinetry, home organization, and hardware products. It also provides turnkey installation services to its direct builder customers through a network of service centers. The company sells its products … Full AMWD analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Cost Leadership Position Operating margin at 93.3th percentile with strong OpEx control demonstrates cost leadership.
  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 83.3th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
61

Where AMWD ranks in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances

American Woodmark Corporation ranks #6 of 34 scored companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances by moat score — the top 18%. The widest moat in the group is SharkNinja, Inc. (SN) at 81/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near AMWD in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
# Company Moat score Rating
2 Flexsteel Industries, Inc. FLXS 78/100 Strong
3 Hamilton Beach Brands Holding C HBB 75/100 Moderate
4 La-Z-Boy Incorporated LZB 74/100 Moderate
5 Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. ETD 72/100 Moderate
6 American Woodmark Corporation AMWD 71/100 Moderate
7 Kewaunee Scientific Corporation KEQU 71/100 Moderate
8 Patrick Industries, Inc. PATK 67/100 Moderate
9 Leggett & Platt, Incorporated LEG 66/100 Moderate
10 Mohawk Industries, Inc. MHK 61/100 Moderate

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How AMWD scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 61 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 95 · 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 73 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 79 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 61 · 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 63 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding AMWD's moat

What is American Woodmark Corporation's moat score?

American Woodmark Corporation (AMWD) scores 71 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #6 of 34 scored companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances, the top 18%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 33 companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (95/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (61/100).

How does American Woodmark Corporation compare with other Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances companies?

American Woodmark Corporation ranks #6 of 34 scored companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances by moat score. The widest moat in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances is SharkNinja, Inc. (SN) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (ETD) at 72 just above it and Kewaunee Scientific Corporation (KEQU) at 71 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 33 companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is American Woodmark 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 American Woodmark Corporation?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and AMWD scores: Pricing Power (61), Cost Advantage (95), Customer Stickiness (73), Capital Efficiency (79), Resilience (61), Scale & Market Position (63). 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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