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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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%.

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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%.

MeasureGILDPDEXBLLNSNWV
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 trend7090 (highest)8575
Pricing power99 (highest)445987
Returns on capital100 (highest)62
Balance-sheet safety4765100 (highest)77
Capital discipline39100 (highest)4444
Price vs. high estimate16% above high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)61% above high estimateNo price dataNo price data
Market cap$160.5B$179M$2.7B$50.9M
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Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025