Kimball Electronics, Inc. KE

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
69/100
Moderate

About Kimball Electronics, Inc.

Kimball Electronics, Inc. provides electronics, assemblies, and contract manufacturing organization solutions. The company offers electronics manufacturing services, including engineering and supply chain support to customers in the automotive, medical, and industrial end markets, as well as contract manufacturing organization solutions comprising the production of medical disposables and drug delivery services, such as precision molded plastics, cold chain management, and drug … Full KE analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 1.00), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Cost Leadership Position Operating margin at 78.0th percentile with strong OpEx control demonstrates cost leadership.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
71

Where KE ranks in Electrical Equipment & Parts

Kimball Electronics, Inc. ranks #12 of 55 scored companies in Electrical Equipment & Parts by moat score — the top 22%. The widest moat in the group is Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. (ESP) at 83/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near KE in Electrical Equipment & Parts
# Company Moat score Rating
8 Preformed Line Products Company PLPC 76/100 Strong
9 nVent Electric plc NVT 76/100 Strong
10 Advanced Energy Industries, Inc AEIS 75/100 Moderate
11 Energizer Holdings, Inc. ENR 73/100 Moderate
12 Kimball Electronics, Inc. KE 69/100 Moderate
13 Electrovaya Inc. ELVA 65/100 Moderate
14 SDSTW SDSTW 62/100 Moderate
15 Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corpo APWC 62/100 Moderate
16 Stardust Power Inc. SDST 62/100 Moderate

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How KE scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 71 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 89 · 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 73 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 62 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 67 · 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 53 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding KE's moat

What is Kimball Electronics, Inc.'s moat score?

Kimball Electronics, Inc. (KE) scores 69 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #12 of 55 scored companies in Electrical Equipment & Parts, the top 22%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 54 companies in Electrical Equipment & Parts. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (89/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (53/100).

How does Kimball Electronics, Inc. compare with other Electrical Equipment & Parts companies?

Kimball Electronics, Inc. ranks #12 of 55 scored companies in Electrical Equipment & Parts by moat score. The widest moat in Electrical Equipment & Parts is Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. (ESP) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Energizer Holdings, Inc. (ENR) at 73 just above it and Electrovaya Inc. (ELVA) at 64 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 54 companies in Electrical Equipment & Parts. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Kimball Electronics, 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 Kimball Electronics, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and KE scores: Pricing Power (71), Cost Advantage (89), Customer Stickiness (73), Capital Efficiency (62), Resilience (67), Scale & Market Position (53). 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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