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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CMG · Consumer Discretionary · Wide moat

Wide 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%.

CTAS · Consumer Discretionary · Wide moat

Wide moat

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LOPE · Consumer Discretionary · Wide moat

Wide 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%.

FAST · Consumer Discretionary · Wide moat

Wide moat

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MeasureCMGCTASLOPEFAST
Moat Score (0–100)89 (highest)89 (highest)89 (highest)89 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend65100 (highest)8492
Pricing power7778 (highest)
Returns on capital9792100 (highest)100 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)90100 (highest)100 (highest)
Capital allocation95 (highest)887376
203% above value if growth stopped today424% above value if growth stopped today60% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)322% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$41.4B$83.0B$3.8B$54.0B
Moat tierWide moatWide moatWide moatWide moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025