Kenvue Inc. KVUE

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-defensive

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
67/100
Moderate

About Kenvue Inc.

Kenvue Inc. operates as a consumer health company in the United States, rest of North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. It operates in three segments: Self Care, Skin Health and Beauty, and Essential Health. The company offers over-the-counter medicine for cough, cold and allergy, pain care, digestive health, smoking cessation, and eye care, as … Full KVUE analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.73), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 70.0th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.

Key risks

  • Liquidity Concerns Liquidity is concerning (score 0.23), raising questions about short-term obligations.

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
70

Where KVUE ranks in Household & Personal Products

Kenvue Inc. ranks #9 of 32 scored companies in Household & Personal Products by moat score — the top 28%. The widest moat in the group is Procter & Gamble Company (The) (PG) at 81/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near KVUE in Household & Personal Products
# Company Moat score Rating
5 Colgate-Palmolive Company CL 72/100 Moderate
6 Church & Dwight Company, Inc. CHD 71/100 Moderate
7 United-Guardian, Inc. UG 68/100 Moderate
8 Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB 67/100 Moderate
9 Kenvue Inc. KVUE 67/100 Moderate
10 Acme ACU 65/100 Moderate
11 Clorox Company (The) CLX 61/100 Moderate
12 Raytech Holding Limited RAY 57/100 Moderate
13 e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. ELF 55/100 Moderate

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How KVUE scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 70 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 66 · 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 85 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 73 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 49 · 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.

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Understanding KVUE's moat

What is Kenvue Inc.'s moat score?

Kenvue Inc. (KVUE) scores 67 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #9 of 32 scored companies in Household & Personal Products, the top 28%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 31 companies in Household & Personal Products. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (85/100) and its weakest is Resilience (49/100).

How does Kenvue Inc. compare with other Household & Personal Products companies?

Kenvue Inc. ranks #9 of 32 scored companies in Household & Personal Products by moat score. The widest moat in Household & Personal Products is Procter & Gamble Company (The) (PG) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) at 67 just above it and Acme (ACU) 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 31 companies in Household & Personal Products. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Kenvue 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 Kenvue Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and KVUE scores: Pricing Power (70), Cost Advantage (66), Customer Stickiness (85), Capital Efficiency (73), Resilience (49), 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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