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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GILD · Healthcare · 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%.

SNWV · Healthcare · 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%.

MeasureGILDENSGBLLNSNWV
Moat Score (0–100)7172 (highest)72 (highest)71
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend7095 (highest)8575
Pricing power99 (highest)335987
Returns on capital100 (highest)74
Balance-sheet safety47100 (highest)100 (highest)77
Capital allocation3960 (highest)4444
118% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)305% above value if growth stopped todayNo price dataNo price data
Market cap$186.3B$10.1B$2.2B$39.1M
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025