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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CNXN · 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%.

BDC · Industrials · Narrow moat

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MeasureCNXNJBHTBDCMSM
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 trend603283 (highest)54
Pricing power22—5772 (highest)
Returns on capital5379 (highest)3979 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)667266
Capital allocation72 (highest)715637
140% above value if growth stopped today171% above value if growth stopped today54% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)157% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$2.3B$22.0B$4.1B$7.4B
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025