Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation, a technology company, provides technology solutions using artificial intelligence, cyber, and other technologies for government's cabinet-level departments and commercial customers in the United States and internationally. The company offers artificial intelligence (AI) which creates purpose-built AI solutions that adapt commercial and internally-developed technology to the needs of the federal government; cyber solutions; and legacy systems …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 82.4th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.71), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Cor ranks #5 of 18
scored companies in Consulting Services by moat score — the top 28%.
The widest moat in the group is SBC Medical Group Holdings Inco (SBC)
at 81/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near BAH in Consulting Services
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 79
· 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 65
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 76
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 51
· 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 69
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
What is Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Cor's moat score?
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Cor (BAH) scores 67 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #5 of 18 scored companies in Consulting Services, the top 28%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 17 companies in Consulting Services. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (79/100) and its weakest is Resilience (51/100).
How does Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Cor compare with other Consulting Services companies?
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Cor ranks #5 of 18 scored companies in Consulting Services by moat score. The widest moat in Consulting Services is SBC Medical Group Holdings Inco (SBC) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are CRA International,Inc. (CRAI) at 70 just above it and Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) 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 17 companies in Consulting Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Cor 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 Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Cor?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and BAH scores: Pricing Power (62), Cost Advantage (79), Customer Stickiness (65), Capital Efficiency (76), Resilience (51), Scale & Market Position (69). 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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