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.
KBH · Industrials · Narrow moat
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%.
| Measure | KBH | VNOV | CAT | LKQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Score (0–100) | 72 | 73 (highest) | 72 | 72 |
| Methodology version | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 |
| Business trend | 45 | 87 | 90 (highest) | 37 |
| Pricing power | — | 71 (highest) | 27 | 67 |
| Returns on capital | 66 | 88 (highest) | 72 | 74 |
| Balance-sheet safety | 78 | 73 | 73 | 100 (highest) |
| Capital allocation | 100 (highest) | 44 | 100 (highest) | 80 |
| 45% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today) | No price data | 319% above value if growth stopped today | 37% below value if growth stopped today | |
| Market cap | $3.6B | Not reported | $413.5B | $6.6B |
| Moat tier | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat |
| Filing date | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 |