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.

Try AAPL vs MSFT vs KO, V vs MA, or COST vs WMT vs TGT.

GOOGL · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

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IBEX · Technology · Wide moat

Wide 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%.

MSFT · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

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QLYS · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

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MeasureGOOGLIBEXMSFTQLYS
Moat Score (0–100)9798 (highest)98 (highest)95
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend9592100 (highest)100 (highest)
Pricing power94100 (highest)100 (highest)
Returns on capital97100 (highest)100 (highest)97
Balance-sheet safety98100 (highest)99100 (highest)
Capital discipline100 (highest)100 (highest)9081
Price vs. high estimate182% above high estimate27% above high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)117% above high estimate160% above high estimate
Market cap$3.87T$447M$2.84T$4.9B
Moat tierWide moatWide moatWide moatWide moat
Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025