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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EPAM · Technology · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

SPGI · Technology · Narrow moat

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On the watchlist

GRND · Technology · Narrow moat

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On the watchlist

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%.

FN · Technology · Narrow moat

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MeasureEPAMSPGIGRNDFN
Moat Score (0–100)7677 (highest)77 (highest)76
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend607885100 (highest)
Pricing power54100 (highest)29
Returns on capital100 (highest)779392
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)736973
Capital allocation68566088 (highest)
16% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)161% above value if growth stopped today576% above value if growth stopped today321% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$6.2B$121.1B$2.8B$13.9B
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2026