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 | LKQ | CAT | KBH | COR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Score (0–100) | 72 (highest) | 72 (highest) | 72 (highest) | 72 (highest) |
| Methodology version | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 |
| Business trend | 37 | 90 (highest) | 45 | 79 |
| Pricing power | 67 (highest) | 27 | — | 22 |
| Returns on capital | 74 | 72 | 66 | 100 (highest) |
| Balance-sheet safety | 100 (highest) | 73 | 78 | 88 |
| Capital allocation | 80 | 100 (highest) | 100 (highest) | 70 |
| 47% below value if growth stopped today | 253% above value if growth stopped today | 60% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today) | 203% above value if growth stopped today | |
| Market cap | $5.6B | $348.5B | $2.6B | $65.2B |
| Moat tier | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat |
| Filing date | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 |