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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LPG · Industrials · Narrow moat

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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%.

RAVE · Industrials · Narrow moat

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On the watchlist

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%.

FERG · Industrials · Narrow moat

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On the watchlist

MGSD · Industrials · Narrow moat

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On the watchlist

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%.

MeasureLPGRAVEFERGMGSD
Moat Score (0–100)64 (highest)64 (highest)64 (highest)64 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0
Business trend84 (highest)624970
Pricing power92 (highest)5470
Returns on capital14100 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety577884 (highest)73
Capital discipline100 (highest)243242
Price vs. high estimate41% below high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)61% above high estimate110% above high estimateNo price data
Market cap$1.8B$46.8M$44.5B$1.3M
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Filings as ofFY2026FY2025FY2025FY2025