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.
LSTR · Industrials · 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%.
| Measure | GIC | MCK | DPZ | LSTR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Score (0–100) | 68 (highest) | 68 (highest) | 68 (highest) | 68 (highest) |
| Methodology version | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 |
| Business trend | 48 | 95 (highest) | 75 | 15 |
| Pricing power | 60 (highest) | 16 | 60 (highest) | — |
| Returns on capital | 96 | 85 | 100 (highest) | 100 (highest) |
| Balance-sheet safety | 100 (highest) | 95 | 7 | 100 (highest) |
| Capital allocation | 37 | 52 | 100 (highest) | 58 |
| 96% above value if growth stopped today | 221% above value if growth stopped today | 73% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today) | 75% above value if growth stopped today | |
| Market cap | $1.7B | $117.4B | $10.0B | $5.8B |
| Moat tier | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat |
| Filing date | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2025 |