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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GD · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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On the watchlist

BKE · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

BSCL · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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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%.

APEI · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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MeasureGDBKEBSCLAPEI
Moat Score (0–100)7273 (highest)73 (highest)72
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend91358593 (highest)
Pricing power33738394 (highest)
Returns on capital74100 (highest)51
Balance-sheet safety87100 (highest)73100 (highest)
Capital allocation77 (highest)585024
153% above value if growth stopped today16% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)1933385% above value if growth stopped today344% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$95.5B$2.1B$60.6B$795M
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2026FY2025FY2025