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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GRND · Technology · 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%.

CRMZ · Technology · Narrow moat

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SPGI · Technology · Narrow moat

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EPAM · Technology · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

MeasureGRNDCRMZSPGIEPAM
Moat Score (0–100)77 (highest)77 (highest)77 (highest)76
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend85 (highest)487860
Pricing power98100 (highest)54
Returns on capital935877100 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety69100 (highest)73100 (highest)
Capital allocation6079 (highest)5668
567% above value if growth stopped today23% above value if growth stopped today185% above value if growth stopped today19% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)
Market cap$2.8B$23.2M$132.3B$6.4B
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025