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.
JBHT · Industrials · Narrow moat
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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%.
| Measure | JBHT | CMI | EME | BALL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Score (0–100) | 75 (highest) | 75 (highest) | 75 (highest) | 74 |
| Methodology version | moat-index@2.0.0 | moat-index@2.0.0 | moat-index@2.0.0 | moat-index@2.0.0 |
| Business trend | 83 | 79 | 84 (highest) | 82 |
| Pricing power | — | 45 (highest) | 20 | 31 |
| Returns on capital | 79 | 96 | 97 | 100 (highest) |
| Balance-sheet safety | 66 | 69 | 73 | 78 (highest) |
| Capital discipline | 71 | 87 | 100 (highest) | 80 |
| Price vs. high estimate | 110% above high estimate | 125% above high estimate | 191% above high estimate | 28% above high estimate (largest discount to high estimate) |
| Market cap | $27.5B | $88.3B | $33.1B | $16.6B |
| Moat tier | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat |
| Filings as of | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 |