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.

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BDC · Industrials · 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%.

CNXN · Industrials · Narrow moat

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MeasureBDCVMIJBHTCNXN
Moat Score (0–100)62 (highest)62 (highest)62 (highest)62 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend83 (highest)83 (highest)3260
Pricing power57 (highest)4022
Returns on capital394779 (highest)53
Balance-sheet safety725966100 (highest)
Capital allocation5680 (highest)7172
52% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)236% above value if growth stopped today237% above value if growth stopped today112% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$4.0B$9.5B$27.3B$2.0B
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Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025