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KB Home ranks #11 of 22
scored companies in Residential Construction by moat score — the top 50%.
The widest moat in the group is PulteGroup, Inc. (PHM)
at 80/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near KBH in Residential Construction
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 55
· 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 45
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 57
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 42
· 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 46
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
KB Home (KBH) scores 50 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #11 of 22 scored companies in Residential Construction, the top 50%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 21 companies in Residential Construction. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (57/100) and its weakest is Resilience (42/100).
How does KB Home compare with other Residential Construction companies?
KB Home ranks #11 of 22 scored companies in Residential Construction by moat score. The widest moat in Residential Construction is PulteGroup, Inc. (PHM) at 80/100. The companies ranked closest are D.R. Horton, Inc. (DHI) at 56 just above it and Champion Homes, Inc. (SKY) at 50 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 21 companies in Residential Construction. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is KB Home 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 KB Home?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and KBH scores: Pricing Power (53), Cost Advantage (55), Customer Stickiness (45), Capital Efficiency (57), Resilience (42), Scale & Market Position (46). 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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