The Moat Index

Compare moats, side by side.

Two to four companies, scored on the same five investor questions from their SEC filings — so the comparison is apples to apples. The method is fully public.

Try AAPL vs MSFT vs KO, V vs MA, or COST vs WMT vs TGT.

AAOI · Technology · No moat

No moat

Doesn't clear the bar

FTNT · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

On the watchlist

META · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

On the watchlist

IBEX · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

On the watchlist

The pricingPower component abstained: Not enough years of gross-margin data to score pricing power. The other four 20% weights were renormalized over the scored 80%.

MeasureAAOIFTNTMETAIBEX
Moat Score (0–100)32100 (highest)9898
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend60100 (highest)9592
Pricing power17100 (highest)100 (highest)
Returns on capital4100 (highest)100 (highest)100 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety55100 (highest)97100 (highest)
Capital discipline24100 (highest)100 (highest)100 (highest)
Price vs. high estimateNo price data448% above high estimate116% above high estimate27% above high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)
Market cap$7.5B$113.2B$1.53T$447M
Moat tierNo moatWide moatWide moatWide moat
Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025
AAOI vs FTNT vs META vs IBEX — Moat Score Comparison · Buy Like Buffett