The Moat Index

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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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GCMG · Other · Narrow moat

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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%.

APAM · Other · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

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%.

CME · Other · Narrow moat

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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%.

CBOE · Other · Narrow moat

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MeasureGCMGAPAMCMECBOE
Moat Score (0–100)7275 (highest)75 (highest)70
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend723997 (highest)91
Pricing power53
Returns on capital88100 (highest)2446
Balance-sheet safety46100 (highest)100 (highest)100 (highest)
Capital allocation80 (highest)637760
846% above value if growth stopped today7% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)No price data221% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$2.4B$3.2BNot reported$29.8B
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025