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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GNE · Utilities · Narrow moat

Narrow moat

Wonderful & reasonably priced

CLH · Utilities · Narrow moat

Narrow moat

On the watchlist

AROC · Utilities · Narrow moat

Narrow moat

On the watchlist

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%.

ATO · Utilities · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

MeasureGNECLHAROCATO
Moat Score (0–100)6167 (highest)6355
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend5795100 (highest)97
Pricing power27555294 (highest)
Returns on capital90 (highest)154
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)762020
Capital allocation3295 (highest)8060
4% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)259% above value if growth stopped today421% above value if growth stopped today194% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$380M$16.1B$6.3B$29.0B
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatShallow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025