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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HL · Materials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

HCC · Materials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

ANNA · Materials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

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%.

NOG · Materials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

MeasureHLHCCANNANOG
Moat Score (0–100)52 (highest)52 (highest)52 (highest)51
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend85 (highest)3685 (highest)75
Pricing power114892 (highest)
Returns on capital492 (highest)039
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)62100 (highest)28
Capital allocation60 (highest)232424
No price data51% above value if growth stopped todayNo price dataNo price data
Market capNot reported$4.2B$135M$2.1B
Moat tierShallow moatShallow moatShallow moatShallow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025