Benson Hill, Inc. BHIL

Competitive advantage analysis · basic-materials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
29/100
Developing

Ranked against 17 peers in Agricultural Inputs

Key strengths

  • Operating Leverage in Effect Operating leverage is evident (score 0.88), with margins expanding over time.

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 5.9th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.06), suggesting weak customer stickiness.

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Pricing Power

Weak
14
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Where BHIL ranks in Agricultural Inputs

Benson Hill, Inc. ranks #14 of 16 scored companies in Agricultural Inputs by moat score — the top 88%. The widest moat in the group is Corteva, Inc. (CTVA) at 81/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
8 Mosaic Company (The) MOS 46/100 Developing
9 Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. BIOX 45/100 Developing
10 Intrepid Potash, Inc IPI 44/100 Developing
11 American Vanguard Corporation AVD 37/100 Developing
12 Enlightify Inc. ENFY 33/100 Developing
13 Lavoro Limited LVRO 31/100 Developing
14 Benson Hill, Inc. BHIL 29/100 Developing
15 Origin Agritech Limited SEED 23/100 Weak
16 N2OFF, Inc. NITO 13/100 Weak

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How BHIL scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 14 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 29 · 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 11 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 39 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 25 · 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 56 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding BHIL's moat

What is Benson Hill, Inc.'s moat score?

Benson Hill, Inc. (BHIL) scores 28 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #14 of 16 scored companies in Agricultural Inputs, the top 88%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 17 companies in Agricultural Inputs. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (56/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (11/100).

How does Benson Hill, Inc. compare with other Agricultural Inputs companies?

Benson Hill, Inc. ranks #14 of 16 scored companies in Agricultural Inputs by moat score. The widest moat in Agricultural Inputs is Corteva, Inc. (CTVA) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are Lavoro Limited (LVRO) at 31 just above it and Origin Agritech Limited (SEED) at 23 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 Agricultural Inputs. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Benson Hill, Inc. 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 Benson Hill, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and BHIL scores: Pricing Power (14), Cost Advantage (29), Customer Stickiness (11), Capital Efficiency (39), Resilience (25), Scale & Market Position (56). 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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