Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, markets, and distributes small electric household and specialty housewares appliances in the United States and internationally. It offers air fryers, blenders, coffee makers, food processors, indoor electric grills, irons, juicers, mixers, slow cookers, toasters, and toaster ovens. The company also provides commercial products; consumer products under the Hamilton Beach, Proctor …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 93.3th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 1.00), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Where HBB ranks in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
Hamilton Beach Brands Holding C ranks #3 of 34
scored companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances by moat score — the top 9%.
The widest moat in the group is SharkNinja, Inc. (SN)
at 81/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near HBB in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 78
· 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 66
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 93
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 70
· 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.
What is Hamilton Beach Brands Holding C's moat score?
Hamilton Beach Brands Holding C (HBB) scores 75 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #3 of 34 scored companies in Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances, the top 9%. 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 Capital Efficiency (93/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (63/100).
How does Hamilton Beach Brands Holding C compare with other Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances companies?
Hamilton Beach Brands Holding C ranks #3 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 Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (FLXS) at 78 just above it and La-Z-Boy Incorporated (LZB) at 74 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 Hamilton Beach Brands Holding C 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 Hamilton Beach Brands Holding C?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and HBB scores: Pricing Power (75), Cost Advantage (78), Customer Stickiness (66), Capital Efficiency (93), Resilience (70), 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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