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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LNT · Utilities · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

EXC · Utilities · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

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%.

DUK · Utilities · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

NEE · Utilities · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

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%.

MeasureLNTEXCDUKNEE
Moat Score (0–100)4647 (highest)47 (highest)46
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend7896 (highest)8186
Pricing power100 (highest)100 (highest)
Returns on capital3 (highest)103 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety040 (highest)140 (highest)
Capital allocation48525253 (highest)
151% above value if growth stopped today88% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)134% above value if growth stopped today146% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$19.3B$48.6B$101.5B$187.0B
Moat tierShallow moatShallow moatShallow moatShallow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025