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.

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ACFN · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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DG · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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JILL · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

BYD · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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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%.

MeasureACFNDGJILLBYD
Moat Score (0–100)69 (highest)69 (highest)69 (highest)68
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend80515690 (highest)
Pricing power855497 (highest)
Returns on capital1889 (highest)8844
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)855640
Capital allocation606549100 (highest)
3764% above value if growth stopped today40% above value if growth stopped today52% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)4% below value if growth stopped today
Market cap$51.1M$25.8B$251M$6.6B
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2026FY2026FY2025