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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ALH · Industrials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

STRL · Industrials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

ZBRA · Industrials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

HWM · Industrials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

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%.

MeasureALHSTRLZBRAHWM
Moat Score (0–100)59 (highest)59 (highest)59 (highest)59 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend90100 (highest)28100 (highest)
Pricing power62079 (highest)
Returns on capital100 (highest)724425
Balance-sheet safety28100 (highest)6365
Capital allocation152480 (highest)44
216% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)1216% above value if growth stopped todayNo price data1178% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$5.1B$20.3BNot reported$116.2B
Moat tierShallow moatShallow moatShallow moatShallow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025