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.

AAPL · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

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NSSC · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

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TZOO · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

Wonderful & reasonably priced

The returnsOnCapital component abstained: Not enough years of ROIC data to score returns on capital. The other four 20% weights were renormalized over the scored 80%.

CARG · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

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MeasureAAPLNSSCTZOOCARG
Moat Score (0–100)8384 (highest)8383
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend819395 (highest)53
Pricing power635399 (highest)80
Returns on capital100 (highest)93100 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety94100 (highest)100 (highest)100 (highest)
Capital allocation7580 (highest)4080 (highest)
358% above value if growth stopped today170% above value if growth stopped today34% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)142% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$4.97T$1.3B$61.7M$3.3B
Moat tierWide moatWide moatWide moatWide moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2026FY2025FY2025