Does BUDA JUICE, INC. have an economic moat?

Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores BUDA JUICE, INC. (BUDA) 78.2 out of 100 — a Narrow 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 80, pricing power 77, returns on capital 100, balance-sheet safety 100, capital discipline 34.

Is BUDA trading below the conservative owner-earnings estimate?

The owner-earnings value range is $3.14–$3.14 per share. It capitalizes normalized owner earnings at a 9% rate; the low end assumes 0% growth and the high end uses 0% growth, capped at 4% and 18×. Versus a recent price of $9.75, that is 210% above high estimate relative to the high estimate. This is a conservative educational estimate from primary SEC filings, not intrinsic value as a fact or investment advice.

How has BUDA's Moat Score changed over time?

The record logs 5 readings since Jul 18, 2026; the latest reads 78.2 out of 100 (narrow moat). No tier changes on record yet. (A methodology upgrade on Jul 20, 2026 re-based the score; readings across engine versions aren't compared.) The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.

BUDA JUICE, INC.

BUDA · Consumer Staples · $122.5M mkt cap · FY2025 filings · Narrow moat ·

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Narrow moat

The five investor questions

Revenue & EPS trend80

2024–2025: revenue 11274000.00 to 12609000.00, increasing; diluted EPS 0.20 to 0.20, flat. Two-year history is scoreable but carries less confidence than a full-cycle record.

Pricing power77

Median gross margin 45.4% over 2y, very stable.

Returns on capital100

Median ROIC 197.0%, above the 12% hurdle in 100% of years.

Balance-sheet safety100

Net cash position — no leverage risk.

Capital discipline34

Owner earnings -1.1%/yr, share count n/a.

Price vs. owner-earnings value range

Above estimateBelow estimate

210% above high estimate

Owner earnings (normalized): $3.6M
Value range / share: $3.14–$3.14
Conservative high estimate / share: $3.14
Recent price: $9.75
Price vs. high estimate: 210% above high estimate

Conservative range under moat-index@2.0.0: low end 11.1×, high end capped at 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.

3 years of fundamentals

The business, in plain English

BUDA JUICE, INC. booked $12.6M of revenue in FY2025 in the Consumer Staples sector and kept 44.6% of it as gross profit — a solid-margin business by that measure. After every other cost, 28.0% of each revenue dollar reached the bottom line.

BUDA's filings don't disclose total debt in a form the methodology can use, so leverage is treated as unmeasured — never assumed to be zero.

Put together: Returns on Capital is the strongest of the five filters (100/100) and Capital Discipline the weakest (34/100), which is how BUDA lands at 78/100 — a Narrow 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.

RevenueSales, as filed$12.6M FY2025

Gross marginRevenue kept after cost of goods44.6% FY2025

Return on invested capitalOperating profit on the capital employed181.7% FY2025

Owner earningsCash an owner could take out$3.5M FY2025

Gaps in a line mean that item isn’t in BUDA’s 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.

Moat Score history

Moat Score over timeLast scored reading of each day, on the 0–100 scale78.2 / 100

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

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 can’t be backfilled, which is exactly why it’s worth keeping.

Consumer Staples context

#5 of 83 scored Consumer Staples companies, ranked by Moat Score.

Nearest peers by Moat Score

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Common questions about BUDA

Does BUDA JUICE, INC. have an economic moat?: Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores BUDA JUICE, INC. (BUDA) 78.2 out of 100 — a Narrow 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 80, pricing power 77, returns on capital 100, balance-sheet safety 100, capital discipline 34.
Is BUDA trading below the conservative owner-earnings estimate?: The owner-earnings value range is $3.14–$3.14 per share. It capitalizes normalized owner earnings at a 9% rate; the low end assumes 0% growth and the high end uses 0% growth, capped at 4% and 18×. Versus a recent price of $9.75, that is 210% above high estimate relative to the high estimate. This is a conservative educational estimate from primary SEC filings, not intrinsic value as a fact or investment advice.
How has BUDA's Moat Score changed over time?: The record logs 5 readings since Jul 18, 2026; the latest reads 78.2 out of 100 (narrow moat). No tier changes on record yet. (A methodology upgrade on Jul 20, 2026 re-based the score; readings across engine 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 BUDA. See the disclaimer.