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.
MAR · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat
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%.
CSV · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat
Wonderful & reasonably priced
YUMC · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat
Wonderful & reasonably priced
| Measure | FSS | MAR | CSV | YUMC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Score (0–100) | 72 (highest) | 72 (highest) | 72 (highest) | 71 |
| Methodology version | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 |
| Business trend | 100 (highest) | 95 | 80 | 69 |
| Pricing power | 43 | — | 51 (highest) | 31 |
| Returns on capital | 56 | 78 | 90 (highest) | 89 |
| Balance-sheet safety | 84 | 15 | 58 | 100 (highest) |
| Capital allocation | 76 | 100 (highest) | 80 | 68 |
| 233% above value if growth stopped today | 241% above value if growth stopped today | 9% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today) | 44% above value if growth stopped today | |
| Market cap | $6.9B | $90.1B | $480M | $14.6B |
| Moat tier | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat |
| Filing date | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 |