The Moat Index

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MGY · Materials · Narrow moat

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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%.

NOBH · Materials · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

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WWW · Materials · Narrow moat

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MeasureMGYNOBHUSLMWWW
Moat Score (0–100)77 (highest)77 (highest)77 (highest)75
Methodology versionmoat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0
Business trend757289 (highest)59
Pricing power402366 (highest)
Returns on capital88100 (highest)9786
Balance-sheet safety98100 (highest)100 (highest)100 (highest)
Capital discipline457274 (highest)66
Price vs. high estimate10% above high estimate36% below high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)124% above high estimateNo price data
Market cap$4.7B$97.6M$3.0B
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025