BCPC (Balchem) Moat Score : 5/10 (As of Jul. 08, 2025)

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What is Balchem Moat Score?

Balchem has the Moat Score of 5, which implies that the company might have Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat.

Balchem has Narrow Moat: Balchem Corp has a solid narrow moat due to its specialized products, innovation capabilities, and some brand strength. However, it faces competition and lacks significant pricing power.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Balchem might have Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat.

Competitive Comparison of Balchem's Moat Score

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Balchem's Moat Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Moat Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Balchem's Moat Score Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Balchem's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Balchem's Moat Score falls into.

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Balchem (NAS:BCPC) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score	Moat Level
10	Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9	Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7	Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6	Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5	Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4	Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3	No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0	No Moat - No discernible moat

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Balchem Business Description

Industry

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Address

5 Paragon Drive, Montvale, NJ, USA, 07645

Website

https://www.balchem.com

Balchem Corp is engaged in the development, manufacture, and marketing of specialty performance ingredients and products for various industries. The company's reportable segments are; Human Nutrition and Health, which generates maximum revenue, and provides human-grade choline nutrients and mineral amino acid chelated products through this segment for nutrition and health applications; Animal Nutrition and Health, which provides nutritional products derived from its microencapsulation and chelation technologies in addition to the essential nutrient choline chloride; and the Specialty Products segment includes re-packaging and distributing several performance gases and chemicals. Geographically, the company derives its key revenue from the United States and the rest from foreign countries.

Executives

Van Gunsteren Job Leonard	officer: Vice President	52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
William A. Backus	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Michael Robert Sestrick	officer: Chief Technology Officer	52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
David B Fischer	director	425 WINTER ROAD, DELAWARE OH 43015
Michael Bent Tignor	officer: Chief Human Resources Officer	52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Matthew David Wineinger	director	3605 GRAND VIEW COURT, ST CHARLES IL 60175
Theodore L Harris	director, officer: President and CEO	5200 BLAZER PARKWAY, DUBLIN OH 43017
Olivier Rigaud	director	CORBION NV, PIET HEINKADE 127, AMSTERDAM P7 1019 GM
Monica Vicente	director	C/O FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC., P.O. BOX 149222, CORAL GABLES FL 33114
Frederic Boned	officer: SVP/GM, Human Nutri. & Health	5 PARAGON DRIVE, MONTVALE NJ 07645
Hatsuki Miyata	officer: General Counsel and Secretary	5 PARAGON DRIVE, MONTVALE NJ 07645
Jonathan Harrison Griffin	officer: Vice President	52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Martin Luther Reid	officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer	52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958
Kathleen B Fish	director	ONE PROCTER & GAMBLE PLAZA, CINCINNATI OH 45202
James C Hyde	officer: Sr. Vice President	52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD, NEW HAMPTON NY 10958