Hillenbrand, Inc. operates as an industrial company, and processing equipment and solutions in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Advanced Process Solutions and Molding Technology Solutions. The Advanced Process Solutions segment designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and services process and material handling equipment and systems comprising compounding, extrusion, and material handling equipment, and equipment system design …
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ROIC Below WACC or PeersROIC at 37.7th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
Hillenbrand Inc ranks #55 of 82
scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery by moat score — the top 67%.
The widest moat in the group is Graco Inc. (GGG)
at 86/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near HI in Specialty Industrial Machinery
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 46
· 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 37
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 26
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 22
· 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 37
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Hillenbrand Inc (HI) scores 37 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #55 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery, the top 67%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 81 companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (53/100) and its weakest is Resilience (22/100).
How does Hillenbrand Inc compare with other Specialty Industrial Machinery companies?
Hillenbrand Inc ranks #55 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery by moat score. The widest moat in Specialty Industrial Machinery is Graco Inc. (GGG) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, I (BW) at 38 just above it and Hurco Companies, Inc. (HURC) at 36 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 81 companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Hillenbrand 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 Hillenbrand Inc?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and HI scores: Pricing Power (53), Cost Advantage (46), Customer Stickiness (37), Capital Efficiency (26), Resilience (22), Scale & Market Position (37). 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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