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.
NGVC · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat
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MCD · Consumer Discretionary · 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%.
| Measure | COLM | NGVC | MCD | DG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Score (0–100) | 69 | 70 (highest) | 70 (highest) | 69 |
| Methodology version | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 |
| Business trend | 34 | 92 (highest) | 71 | 51 |
| Pricing power | 84 (highest) | 49 | — | 54 |
| Returns on capital | 93 | 63 | 100 (highest) | 89 |
| Balance-sheet safety | 100 (highest) | 73 | 26 | 85 |
| Capital allocation | 36 | 76 | 82 (highest) | 65 |
| No price data | 160% above value if growth stopped today | 106% above value if growth stopped today | 40% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today) | |
| Market cap | Not reported | $689M | $188.1B | $25.8B |
| Moat tier | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat |
| Filing date | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2026 |