Does authID Inc. have an economic moat?

Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores authID Inc. (AUID) 42.7 out of 100 — a Shallow moat. The five questions behind that score begin at 20% each; if exactly one genuinely lacks data, the other four weights are renormalized and disclosed. revenue and EPS trend 65, pricing power 97, returns on capital 0, balance-sheet safety 28, capital allocation 24.

How has AUID's Moat Score changed over time?

The record logs 20 readings since Jul 17, 2026; the latest reads 42.7 out of 100 (shallow moat). No tier changes on record yet. (Methodology or normalizer upgrades on Jul 20, 2026, Jul 23, 2026, Jul 26, 2026 re-based the score; readings across versions aren't compared.) The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.

authID Inc.

AUID · Technology · $5.9M mkt cap · FY2025 filings · as of Sep 30, 2026 · Shallow moat ·

Doesn't clear the bar

Shallow moat

The five investor questions

2021–2025 (latest 5 aligned FYs; v3 window cap 5): revenue $64799 to $2M, increasing; diluted EPS -5.80 to -1.38, increasing. Diluted EPS was derived from net income and diluted weighted-average shares in 5 years where the direct tag was absent. Latest-filed diluted EPS remains usable for Business Trend, but an integer share-count change lacks enough evidence to confirm a comparable EPS basis; valuation growth therefore stays at 0%.

Median gross margin 73.1% over 3y, very stable.

Median ROIC -265.4%, above the 12% hurdle in 0% of years.

Net debt/EBITDA n/ax, interest coverage -1172x.

Owner earnings changed trend unclear over up to the ten most recent annual observations.

Price vs. value if growth stopped today

A cautious baseline, not a price target: what the shares may support if normalized owner earnings simply hold steady.

Above value if growth stopped todayBelow value if growth stopped today

No price data

: Not reported
: Unavailable — insufficient owner-earnings data
: Unavailable — insufficient growth-model data
: $0.36
: No price data

This zero-growth estimate assumes trailing owner earnings persist — unreliable for declining businesses. The recent FY revenue series does not trigger the three-consecutive-declines flag.

Among the current top-score group, the median current price is 216% above the zero-growth estimate across 49 of the current top 50 companies by Moat Score with both values.

Score records captured Sep 29, 2026 through Sep 30, 2026.

Exactly which 50 companies?

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Missing a usable price or zero-growth estimate: ANF.

Model details under moat-index@3.0.0: zero-growth multiple 11.1×, capped-growth comparison at no more than 18×; 9% discount rate; high-end growth 0% (capped at 4%) using min(5y revenue CAGR, 5y diluted-EPS CAGR), clamped to 0%–4%; maintenance capex uses min(capex, D&A); abstain when D&A is unavailable. This is a disclosed model range, not intrinsic value as fact.

15 years of fundamentals

The business, in plain English

Across the filed record, revenue shrank from $7.7M (FY2012) to $2M (FY2025) — about −9.7% a year compounded over 13 years.

It earned −357.1% on invested capital in the latest filed year, FY2025. Across the full 11-year measurable filed record, median ROIC was −161.1%. Over the v3 recent window (8 measurable filed years), median ROIC was −265.4%. The Returns on Capital filter above scores it 0/100.

AUID's latest filed year, FY2025, doesn't disclose total debt in a form the methodology can use, so current leverage is treated as unmeasured — never assumed to be zero.

Put together: Pricing Power is the strongest of the five filters (97/100) and Returns on Capital the weakest (0/100), which is how AUID lands at 43/100 — a Shallow moat.

This breakdown is generated from the filed numbers and sub-scores above — no outside narrative, no estimates. Where a filing doesn’t disclose an input, the sentence that would need it is omitted instead of guessed.

Sales, as filed$2M FY2025

Revenue kept after cost of goods73.1% FY2019

Standard ROIC or separately labeled Operating ROICStandard ROIC −1722.2% FY2022

Exact FY and FY-1 financing invested-capital inputs are required.. Current-year EBIT, tax expense, and non-zero pretax income are required for standard ROIC.. Not meaningful FY2022: invested capital is negative (cash exceeds debt + equity)

Cash an owner could take out−$17.9M FY2025

The explained ROIC gaps have filed inputs but no meaningful positive invested-capital denominator. Other gaps mean the item is not in the filings for that year. The series is never interpolated or estimated. The Table view lists every filed value, including operating and net margins, total debt, and share count.

Flagship explainer

How authID Inc. makes its money

authID Inc.'s filing does not supply enough comparable lines for a truthful flow chart — here's what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed line	Value	% of revenue	Source
	$2M	100%	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026
	−$18.2M	−890%	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026
Income before tax	−$17.9M	−879%	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026
	−$17.9M	−879%	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026

Source:

10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026

· event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Sep 30, 2026 · annual-row source set

Flagship explainer

What authID Inc. owns — and owes

authID Inc.'s filing tags don't support a full breakdown — here's what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed line	Value	% of assets	Source
Total assets	$10M	100%	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026
Cash and equivalents	$4.6M	46%	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026
Stockholders’ equity	$8.6M	86%	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026

Source:

10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026

· event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Sep 30, 2026 · annual-row source set

Flagship explainer

What drives authID Inc.’s return on equity?

ROE is five filed business factors multiplied together.

DuPont source inputs
Input	Value	Fiscal year	Source
	−$17.9M	FY2025	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026
Income before tax	−$17.9M	FY2025	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026
Operating income	−$18.2M	FY2025	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026
	$2M	FY2025	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026
Ending assets	$10M	FY2025	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026
Beginning assets	$14.5M	FY2024	10-K · FY 2024Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026
	$8.6M	FY2025	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026
	$11.5M	FY2024	10-K · FY 2024Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026

Source:

10-K · filed Mar 31, 2026Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026

· event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Sep 30, 2026 · annual-row source set

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Flagship explainer

Where authID Inc.'s cash went

authID Inc.’s filing does not supply enough provenance-matched cash-flow lines for a truthful flow chart — here’s what is filed:

Table alternative
Filed line	Value	% of cash from operations	Source
Cash from operations	−$15M	−100%	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026
Depreciation and amortization	$88428	1%	10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026

Source:

10-K · FY 2025Filing detailsAccession 0001213900-26-037459 · filed Mar 31, 2026

· event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Sep 30, 2026 · annual-row source set

Curated 19-manager tier

Who reported holding authID Inc.

Delayed public 13F reports for 2026-Q2—not live positions, trades, or recommendations.

0 holding0 exited0 not holding0/19 resolved19 not retrieved

Named manager positions and quarter-over-quarter changes
Manager	Reported position	Quarter-over-quarter	Filing accession
Abrams Capital	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Akre Capital	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Baupost Group	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Berkshire Hathaway	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Brave Warrior Advisors	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Dodge & Cox	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
First Eagle	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Fundsmith	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Gardner Russo & Quinn	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Gates Foundation Trust	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Mairs & Power	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Markel / Markel-Gayner	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Oakmark / Harris Associates	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Pershing Square	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Polen Capital	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Sequoia / Ruane Cunniff	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Southeastern Asset Management	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Tweedy, Browne	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved
Yacktman Asset Management	Not retrieved	Comparison not retrieved	Filing not retrieved

Position size uses shares and filed value from each manager’s 13F. Portfolio weight uses the eligible long-share filing denominator. Changes compare only with the immediately preceding calendar quarter.

Source: Filing source not retrieved · event Jun 30, 2026 · retrieved Sep 30, 2026

Flagship explainer

What authID Inc. insiders reported

Records still being gathered — partial as of retrieval Oct 6, 2026.

Partial coverage: the incomplete Form 4 walk cannot establish no activity, an activity date, or zero counts.

Moat Score history

Moat Score over timeLast scored reading of each day, on the 0–100 scale42.7 / 100

Breaks in the line mark methodology or normalizer upgrades — readings across versions aren’t compared, so a level shift there isn’t a change in the business.

Tier changesSame-methodology and same-normalizer crossings of the Wide / Narrow / Shallow bars

Normalizer upgraded unstamped (version unknown)tomoat-xbrl-normalizer@1.1.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 26, 2026
Methodology upgraded moat-index@2.0.0tomoat-index@3.0.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 23, 2026
Methodology upgraded moat-index@1.2.0tomoat-index@2.0.0 — readings across versions aren’t comparedJul 20, 2026

Scores are logged append-only and never overwritten — this record cannot be reconstructed retroactively, which is exactly why it’s worth keeping.

Insider activity

Form 4 reports mix P/S market or private transactions with compensation-plan mechanics. Activity casually described as “insider selling” can include compensation mechanics; awards, tax withholding, and option exercises are shown by their exact filed class here, never collapsed into “Bought” or “Sold.”

These are disclosed filing facts and arithmetic aggregates, not a signal or verdict.

This machine-readable surface covers SEC ownership filings from 2003; it does not represent earlier paper-era records.

Records still being gathered — partial as of retrieval Oct 6, 2026.

Trailing-12-month totals and the 90-day cluster result are withheld because this issuer walk is incomplete.

No reported Form 4 rows were captured for AUID; the incomplete walk cannot establish zero activity, zero counts, or a negative cluster result.

A filing source-event date will appear when a Form 4 row is captured.

Retrieved Oct 6, 2026.

Track record

How authID Inc.’s moat rated in each of the years we can reconstruct from its filings — scored only on what was knowable at the time — and what its price and returns did afterward. The score never saw a price; the two are joined only in hindsight, for education, not as a signal.

Point-in-time Moat Score (dot colored by tier)Indexed price (total-return (dividends reinvested))Rated Wide-moat that year

How to read this: each dot is what the engine would have scored AUID on that December 31; the line below is its total-return price path (dividends reinvested) in the years since.

Two tracks, one timeline: the score has its own 0–100 scale (top), the price its own 100-based scale (bottom) — never a shared axis. The price path is a total-return (dividends reinvested) index built from the same data the forward returns use; gaps in the score line are years with no reconstructed rating (see the table for why). The Table view carries every value.

What followed, in the years it rated Wide

In the reconstructed history shown, AUID did not rate Wide-moat in any year, so there is no wide-moat track record to report. That absence is itself the honest answer — we don’t manufacture a comparison where the rating never earned one.

Technology context

#424 of 751 scored Technology companies, ranked by Moat Score.

Nearest peers by Moat Score

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Common questions about AUID

Does authID Inc. have an economic moat?: Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores authID Inc. (AUID) 42.7 out of 100 — a Shallow moat. The five questions behind that score begin at 20% each; if exactly one genuinely lacks data, the other four weights are renormalized and disclosed. revenue and EPS trend 65, pricing power 97, returns on capital 0, balance-sheet safety 28, capital allocation 24.
How has AUID's Moat Score changed over time?: The record logs 20 readings since Jul 17, 2026; the latest reads 42.7 out of 100 (shallow moat). No tier changes on record yet. (Methodology or normalizer upgrades on Jul 20, 2026, Jul 23, 2026, Jul 26, 2026 re-based the score; readings across versions aren't compared.) The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.

Scored from primary SEC filings via the public methodology. Educational only — not a recommendation to buy or sell AUID. See the disclaimer.