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Dom Development (DOM) — moat facet

High-teens returns on conservatively-employed capital — quality you can measure.

Low leverage would be an unremarkable virtue if it came at the cost of poor returns — but Dom Development earns a high return on the equity it employs even while carrying little debt, which is the hard part. It does so by buying land well, building efficiently at scale, turning its inventory reasonably quickly, and keeping a lid on the costs of selling and overhead. Earning strong returns without the crutch of leverage — 654 million złoty of profit on 3,26 billion of revenue in 2025, a net margin near twenty percent1 — is the clearest evidence that the underlying business, not the financing, is genuinely good.

Net profit (zł M)569m zł2024654m zł2025Margin 18% → ~20%; ROE estimated in the low-20s% against an ~11% cost of capital.
The returns are earned, not borrowed: profit rose 15% to a record 654m zł at a ~20% margin, with return on equity estimated in the low-20s% on little debt.

High, unleveraged returns are what make the whole disciplined model work. They generate the profits that fund both the counter-cyclical land buying and the large dividend, and they mean the company can grow its capital base and reward shareholders at the same time. In a commodity-ish, cyclical industry, a durable high return on equity is itself a signal of a real competitive advantage — it is very hard to sustain if you are just another builder, and Dom has sustained it across cycles.

Moat trajectory: Holding steady

Stable through the cycle, though it swings within it. Dom earns strong unleveraged returns in good years and thinner ones in bad, averaging well above rivals — a steady relative edge, not a rising one.

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Reported
Net margin
~20% (654m zł on 3,26bn zł)

The returns are earned, not borrowed: a ~20% net margin and low-20s return on equity on conservatively-employed capital — quality you can measure in a levered, cyclical industry. Margin compression at the next downturn is expected; ROE holding above the ~11% hurdle through it is the real test.

Source: Dom Development FY2025 results announcement ↗
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  1. ReportedFY2025: 654m zł profit on 3,26bn zł revenue, ~20% net margin.
    Dom Development FY2025 results announcement (17 March 2026) — record net profit 654,2m zł (+15%), revenue 3,26bn zł (+2,8%), operating profit 801m zł, net margin ~20% (from 18%); net sales 4 448 units, the highest in the company's 30-year history — FY2025 · publ. March 17, 2026 · source ↗
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