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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HLF · Industrials · Narrow moat

Narrow moat

Wonderful & reasonably priced

GPC · Industrials · Narrow moat

Narrow moat

On the watchlist

The balanceSheet component abstained: Insufficient leverage/coverage inputs to score the balance sheet. The other four 20% weights were renormalized over the scored 80%.

WEYS · Industrials · Narrow moat

Narrow moat

On the watchlist

DXPE · Industrials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

MeasureHLFGPCWEYSDXPE
Moat Score (0–100)6061 (highest)6060
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend235353100 (highest)
Pricing power100 (highest)566647
Returns on capital100 (highest)100 (highest)3831
Balance-sheet safety1873 (highest)23
Capital allocation59357298 (highest)
59% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)67% above value if growth stopped today10% above value if growth stopped today218% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$1.2B$17.1B$364M$2.6B
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatShallow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025