The Moat Index

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MGM · Consumer Discretionary · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

On the watchlist

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%.

GHC · Consumer Discretionary · 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%.

SVV · Consumer Discretionary · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

DBI · Consumer Discretionary · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

On the watchlist

MeasureMGMGHCSVVDBI
Moat Score (0–100)44 (highest)44 (highest)44 (highest)44 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend5567 (highest)5230
Pricing power——49 (highest)27
Returns on capital5506273 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety283158 (highest)51
Capital allocation4080 (highest)140
42% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)42% above value if growth stopped today165% above value if growth stopped today32% below value if growth stopped today
Market cap$7.4B$5.3B$1.6B$304M
Moat tierShallow moatShallow moatShallow moatShallow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2026