Workhorse Group, Inc. WKHS

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
19/100
Weak

About Workhorse Group, Inc.

Workhorse Group, Inc. designs and manufactures electric trucks and related fleet charging solutions. The company provides electric trucks for medium-duty fleet applications, including the Argo electric truck and Argo chassis, which integrate proprietary battery, drivetrain, and cab systems. It offers the Argo LFP battery with control signals, multiple pack configurations, and a range suitable for maximum gross vehicle weight, as … Full WKHS analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.72), with robust interest coverage.
  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.76), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 18.8th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 16.1th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.

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

Weak
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Where WKHS ranks in Auto Manufacturers

Workhorse Group, Inc. ranks #33 of 43 scored companies in Auto Manufacturers by moat score — the top 77%. The widest moat in the group is Ferrari N.V. (RACE) at 90/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near WKHS in Auto Manufacturers
# Company Moat score Rating
29 Lotus Technology Inc. Warrants LOTWW 27/100 Developing
30 Thunder Power Holdings, Inc. AIEV 27/100 Developing
31 LiveWire Group, Inc. LVWR 23/100 Weak
32 Lucid Group, Inc. LCID 21/100 Weak
33 Workhorse Group, Inc. WKHS 19/100 Weak
34 Canoo Inc. GOEV 8/100 Weak
35 AYRO, Inc. AYRO 0/100 Weak
36 Chijet Motor Company, Inc. CJET 0/100 Weak
37 Damon Inc. DMN 0/100 Weak

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How WKHS scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 6 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 19 · 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 14 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 5 · 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 12 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding WKHS's moat

What is Workhorse Group, Inc.'s moat score?

Workhorse Group, Inc. (WKHS) scores 19 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #33 of 43 scored companies in Auto Manufacturers, the top 77%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 42 companies in Auto Manufacturers. Its strongest defense is Resilience (60/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (5/100).

How does Workhorse Group, Inc. compare with other Auto Manufacturers companies?

Workhorse Group, Inc. ranks #33 of 43 scored companies in Auto Manufacturers by moat score. The widest moat in Auto Manufacturers is Ferrari N.V. (RACE) at 90/100. The companies ranked closest are Lucid Group, Inc. (LCID) at 21 just above it and Canoo Inc. (GOEV) at 8 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 42 companies in Auto Manufacturers. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Workhorse Group, 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 Workhorse Group, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and WKHS scores: Pricing Power (6), Cost Advantage (19), Customer Stickiness (14), Capital Efficiency (5), Resilience (60), Scale & Market Position (12). 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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