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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EXEL · Healthcare · Wide moat

Wide moat

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ZTS · Healthcare · Wide moat

Wide moat

Wonderful & reasonably priced

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%.

ALGN · Healthcare · Wide moat

Wide moat

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UTHR · Healthcare · Wide moat

Wide moat

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MeasureEXELZTSALGNUTHR
Moat Score (0–100)8789 (highest)8886
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend958841100 (highest)
Pricing power100 (highest)100 (highest)99100 (highest)
Returns on capital76—100 (highest)97
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)68100 (highest)73
Capital allocation63100 (highest)100 (highest)60
524% above value if growth stopped today23% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)106% above value if growth stopped today115% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$16.0B$32.0B$10.3B$23.6B
Moat tierWide moatWide moatWide moatWide moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025