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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INDV · Healthcare · Narrow moat

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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%.

GILD · Healthcare · Narrow moat

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SNWV · Healthcare · Narrow moat

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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%.

EMBC · Healthcare · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

MeasureINDVGILDSNWVEMBC
Moat Score (0–100)7071 (highest)71 (highest)70
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend78 (highest)707536
Pricing power100 (highest)998799
Returns on capital100 (highest)100 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety584777100 (highest)
Capital allocation433944 (highest)15
No price data88% above value if growth stopped todayNo price data86% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)
Market cap$5.1B$160.5B$50.9M$192M
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025