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KPEA · Consumer Discretionary · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

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%.

MGM · Consumer Discretionary · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

On the watchlist

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%.

DBI · Consumer Discretionary · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

On the watchlist

RAIL · Consumer Discretionary · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

MeasureKPEAMGMDBIRAIL
Moat Score (0–100)44 (highest)44 (highest)44 (highest)44 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend20553075 (highest)
Pricing power85 (highest)—270
Returns on capital—5573 (highest)0
Balance-sheet safety28285185 (highest)
Capital allocation44404060 (highest)
No price data42% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)32% below value if growth stopped todayNo price data
Market cap$156M$7.4B$304M$113M
Moat tierShallow moatShallow moatShallow moatShallow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2026FY2025