CNH Industrial N.V., an equipment and services company, engages in the design, production, marketing, sale, and financing of agricultural and construction equipment in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates through three segments: Agriculture, Construction, and Financial Services. The Agriculture segment designs, manufactures, and distributes farm machinery and implements, including two-wheel …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Consistently Above PeersGross margin at 31.5% (top 13%) and operating margin at 15.5% (top 13%) indicate strong pricing power.
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.78), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Where CNH ranks in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
CNH Industrial N.V. ranks #8 of 29
scored companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery by moat score — the top 28%.
The widest moat in the group is Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT)
at 80/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near CNH in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 83
· 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 62
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 47
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 50
· 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 65
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
CNH Industrial N.V. (CNH) scores 65 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #8 of 29 scored companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery, the top 28%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 28 companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (83/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (47/100).
How does CNH Industrial N.V. compare with other Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery companies?
CNH Industrial N.V. ranks #8 of 29 scored companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery by moat score. The widest moat in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery is Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) at 80/100. The companies ranked closest are Oshkosh Corporation (Holding Co (OSK) at 66 just above it and PACCAR Inc. (PCAR) 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 28 companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is CNH Industrial N.V. 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 CNH Industrial N.V.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CNH scores: Pricing Power (83), Cost Advantage (83), Customer Stickiness (62), Capital Efficiency (47), Resilience (50), Scale & Market Position (65). 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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