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CTAS · Consumer Discretionary · Wide moat

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SFM · Consumer Discretionary · Wide moat

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ULTA · Consumer Discretionary · Wide moat

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LGCY · Consumer Discretionary · 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%.

MeasureCTASSFMULTALGCY
Moat Score (0–100)9192 (highest)92 (highest)90
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend999997100 (highest)
Pricing power77 (highest)6061—
Returns on capital100 (highest)100 (highest)100 (highest)100 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety91100 (highest)100 (highest)100 (highest)
Capital allocation90100 (highest)100 (highest)60
378% above value if growth stopped today115% above value if growth stopped today102% above value if growth stopped today88% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)
Market cap$85.3B$6.4B$26.9B$132M
Moat tierWide moatWide moatWide moatWide moat
Filing dateFY2026FY2025FY2026FY2026