Knowles Corporation offers capacitors, radio frequency (RF) and microwave filters, balanced armature speakers, and medtech microphones in Asia, the United States, Europe, rest of Americas, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Precision Devices (PD) and Medtech & Specialty Audio (MSA). The PD segment focuses on the custom design and delivery of high performance capacitor products and RF solutions primarily …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Consistently Above PeersGross margin at 43.2% (top 18%) and operating margin at 11.8% (top 24%) indicate strong pricing power.
Consistent Cash GenerationCash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.88).
Key risks
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.38), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
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Knowles Corporation ranks #19 of 52
scored companies in Electronic Components by moat score — the top 37%.
The widest moat in the group is Universal Display Corporation (OLED)
at 82/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near KN in Electronic Components
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 57
· 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 68
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 43
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 60
· 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 60
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Knowles Corporation (KN) scores 60 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #19 of 52 scored companies in Electronic Components, the top 37%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 51 companies in Electronic Components. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (72/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (43/100).
How does Knowles Corporation compare with other Electronic Components companies?
Knowles Corporation ranks #19 of 52 scored companies in Electronic Components by moat score. The widest moat in Electronic Components is Universal Display Corporation (OLED) at 82/100. The companies ranked closest are Sanmina Corporation (SANM) at 60 just above it and Neonode Inc. (NEON) at 59 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 51 companies in Electronic Components. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Knowles Corporation 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 Knowles Corporation?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and KN scores: Pricing Power (72), Cost Advantage (57), Customer Stickiness (68), Capital Efficiency (43), Resilience (60), Scale & Market Position (60). 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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