The Moat Index

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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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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%.

MeasureHQIESEDSPTEAM
Moat Score (0–100)65 (highest)65 (highest)65 (highest)65 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend46100 (highest)7570
Pricing power706475100 (highest)
Returns on capital56 (highest)1321
Balance-sheet safety7370100 (highest)55
Capital allocation80 (highest)795534
No price data532% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)539% above value if growth stopped todayNo price data
Market capNot reported$8.5B$717M$22.7B
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025