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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MEDS · Industrials · No moat

No moat

Doesn't clear the bar

GNK · Industrials · No moat

No 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%.

HY · Industrials · No moat

No moat

Doesn't clear the bar

SMXT · Industrials · No moat

No moat

Doesn't clear the bar

MeasureMEDSGNKHYSMXT
Moat Score (0–100)2425 (highest)2424
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend50145057 (highest)
Pricing power017 (highest)0
Returns on capital071012 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety2833 (highest)028
Capital discipline44 (highest)44 (highest)44 (highest)24
Price vs. high estimateNo price data29% below high estimateNo price dataNo price data
Market cap$769M$1.1BNot reported$19.4M
Moat tierNo moatNo moatNo moatNo moat
Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025