The Moat Index
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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.
MERC · Materials · 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%.
| Measure | MERC | ABAT | JELD | MOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Score (0–100) | 28 (highest) | 28 (highest) | 28 (highest) | 28 (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 | 32 | 70 (highest) | 10 | 29 |
| Pricing power | — | 0 | 30 (highest) | 0 |
| Returns on capital | 16 (highest) | 0 | 10 | 7 |
| Balance-sheet safety | 28 (highest) | 28 (highest) | 28 (highest) | 23 |
| Capital allocation | 37 | 44 | 64 | 81 (highest) |
| 203% above value if growth stopped today | No price data | 91% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today) | 45% below value if growth stopped today | |
| Market cap | $44.9M | $215M | $94M | $7.1B |
| Moat tier | No moat | No moat | No moat | No moat |
| Filing date | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 |