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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BCPC · Materials · Narrow moat

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On the watchlist

CL · Materials · Narrow moat

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TGLS · Materials · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

UG · Materials · Narrow moat

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The businessTrend component abstained: Only one aligned fiscal year of revenue and diluted EPS is available; a trend needs at least two observations. The other four 20% weights were renormalized over the scored 80%.

MeasureBCPCCLTGLSUG
Moat Score (0–100)74 (highest)74 (highest)74 (highest)73
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend936095 (highest)
Pricing power54100 (highest)5360
Returns on capital58100 (highest)64100 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)5896100 (highest)
Capital allocation63 (highest)526030
332% above value if growth stopped today198% above value if growth stopped today14% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)20% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$5.2B$72.7B$2.0B$35M
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025