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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CAT · Industrials · Narrow moat

Narrow moat

On the watchlist

POOL · Industrials · Narrow moat

Narrow moat

Wonderful & reasonably priced

VNOV · Industrials · Narrow moat

Narrow moat

On the watchlist

KBH · Industrials · Narrow moat

Narrow moat

Wonderful & reasonably priced

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%.

MeasureCATPOOLVNOVKBH
Moat Score (0–100)7273 (highest)73 (highest)72
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend90 (highest)358745
Pricing power275271 (highest)
Returns on capital72100 (highest)8866
Balance-sheet safety73767378 (highest)
Capital discipline100 (highest)9944100 (highest)
Price vs. high estimate159% above high estimate29% below high estimateNo price data66% below high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)
Market cap$413.5B$6.7BNot reported$3.6B
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025