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%.

LZ · Technology · Narrow moat

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On the watchlist

The returnsOnCapital component abstained: Not enough years of ROIC data to score returns on capital. The other four 20% weights were renormalized over the scored 80%.

MeasureEPAMSPGIGRNDLZ
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 trend607885 (highest)74
Pricing power54100 (highest)100 (highest)
Returns on capital100 (highest)7793
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)736971
Capital discipline68 (highest)566060
Price vs. high estimate44% below high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)70% above high estimate552% above high estimate408% above high estimate
Market cap$4.9B$127.4B$2.7B$1.3B
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Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025