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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EVRG · Utilities · No moat

No moat

Doesn't clear the bar

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%.

ARTNA · Utilities · No moat

No moat

Doesn't clear the bar

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%.

KGS · Utilities · No moat

No moat

Doesn't clear the bar

CNP · Utilities · No moat

No moat

Doesn't clear the bar

MeasureEVRGARTNAKGSCNP
Moat Score (0–100)35 (highest)35 (highest)35 (highest)35 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend5677 (highest)6041
Pricing power6578 (highest)
Returns on capital8010 (highest)0
Balance-sheet safety1340 (highest)1
Capital allocation75 (highest)61054
No price dataNo price data467% above value if growth stopped today149% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)
Market capNot reportedNot reported$5.1B$29.1B
Moat tierNo moatNo moatNo moatNo moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025