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HOG · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted

Harley-Davidson (HOG) concentration risks

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The most significant concentration Harley-Davidson discloses is U.S. and European 601+cc markets at 79%, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.

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Source: Harley-Davidson’s SEC Form 10-K filed view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

At a glance

Disclosed-size breakdown · 3 disclosed concentrations

HIGH3
MEDIUM0
LOW0
Disclosed concentrations

Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).

HIGHBuilt-inGeographic
79%

U.S. and European 601+cc markets

10-K Item 1: 'approximately 79% of the total annual dealer retail sales of new Harley-Davidson motorcycles were sold in the U.S. and European 601+cc markets'
SEC 10-K · filed Feb 2026
HIGHBuilt-inProduct / Revenue mix
74.3%

motorcycles

10-K Item 1: 'HDMC revenue by product line as a percent of total revenue for the last three fiscal years was as follows ... Motorcycles| 74.3 | %|'
SEC 10-K · filed Feb 2026
HIGHOutside partySupplier

single supplier components

10-K Item 1A: 'the Company relies on a single supplier to provide component parts or a contract manufacturer to manufacture certain components and/or products'
SEC 10-K · filed Feb 2026
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis

What these concentrations mean together

updated 2026-06-24

The company's concentration profile spans geography, product, and supply chain in a way that reinforces the business's dependence on a specific end-market and manufacturing model. Geographically, approximately 79% of total annual dealer retail sales of new motorcycles were sold in the U.S. and European 601+cc markets, a high-share structural concentration reflecting where the premium heavyweight motorcycle market is largest and deepest. Demand in these two regions is sensitive to consumer discretionary spending, fuel prices, and demographic trends within the core rider age cohort. Motorcycles represent the largest single product line as a share of total HDMC revenue, though the specific percentage appears only in a pipe-delimited table in the filing and cannot be cited as a clean number. The filing is clear that this is the dominant revenue category by a wide margin, making the business fundamentally a motorcycle company with ancillary segments, and therefore highly sensitive to any broad shift in demand for that product category. On the supply side, the company relies on a single supplier to provide component parts or to contract-manufacture certain components and products, a high-share dependency that could create production disruptions if that supplier were unable to deliver. In a manufacturing business with highly engineered, brand-specific parts, substituting a sole-source supplier quickly is rarely feasible. Together, the profile is one of a narrowly focused manufacturer: the dominant region, the dominant product category, and specific sole-source supply relationships are all concentrated rather than diversified.

For the engine’s reasoning on HOG’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.

Industry peers · Recreational Vehicles

Peer concentration profile

SymbolNameHIGHMEDIUMLOWTotal
HOGHarley-Davidson, Inc.3003
BCBrunswick Corporation1203
LCIILCI Industries1124
PIIPolaris Inc.1001
PATKPatrick Industries, Inc.0202
THOThor Industries, Inc.0000

Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.

Concentration disclosures are extracted verbatim from SEC 10-K filings; the disclosed-size classification and the synthesis above are engine-derived. Size reflects how large each exposure is against fixed share thresholds (HIGH >50%, MEDIUM 25–50%, LOW <25% or an explicit diversification statement), not a judgment of how dangerous it is, and is not a buy/sell rating, a price target, or a view on the stock. Not a complete list of risk factors — see the full filing.

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