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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LIN · Materials · 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%.

CHD · Materials · Narrow moat

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TGLS · Materials · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

PNRG · Materials · Narrow moat

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MeasureLINCHDTGLSPNRG
Moat Score (0–100)73 (highest)73 (highest)73 (highest)72
Methodology versionmoat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0
Business trend96 (highest)889169
Pricing power775398 (highest)
Returns on capital2669 (highest)6418
Balance-sheet safety766096 (highest)78
Capital discipline947260100 (highest)
Price vs. high estimateNo price data175% above high estimate28% below high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)2% below high estimate
Market cap$23.1B$2.1B$305.7M
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025