The Moat Index
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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.
LEE · Materials · Shallow 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%.
| Measure | AUMN | LEE | HGYN | VRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Score (0–100) | 43 | 44 (highest) | 44 (highest) | 43 |
| Methodology version | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 |
| Business trend | 70 (highest) | 5 | 70 (highest) | 10 |
| Pricing power | 47 | — | 4 | 86 (highest) |
| Returns on capital | 0 | 97 (highest) | 0 | 0 |
| Balance-sheet safety | 55 | 28 | 100 (highest) | 55 |
| Capital allocation | 44 | 44 | 44 | 64 (highest) |
| No price data | 80% below value if growth stopped today | No price data | No price data | |
| Market cap | $3.3M | $45.4M | $2.9M | $119M |
| Moat tier | Shallow moat | Shallow moat | Shallow moat | Shallow moat |
| Filing date | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2026 |