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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IMXI · Technology · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

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%.

SPGI · Technology · Narrow moat

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On the watchlist

TXN · Technology · Narrow moat

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On the watchlist

HGBL · Technology · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

MeasureIMXISPGITXNHGBL
Moat Score (0–100)76 (highest)76 (highest)76 (highest)76 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0
Business trend79 (highest)776155
Pricing power100 (highest)9770
Returns on capital9077100 (highest)97
Balance-sheet safety577359100 (highest)
Capital discipline80 (highest)566560
Price vs. high estimate62% below high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)78% above high estimate256% above high estimate36% below high estimate
Market cap$393.2M$134.0B$257.8B$40.3M
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Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025