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.
SAIA · Industrials · 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%.
| Measure | MLI | SAIA | ECG | AIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Score (0–100) | 76 (highest) | 76 (highest) | 76 (highest) | 76 (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 | 75 | 73 | 100 (highest) | 98 |
| Pricing power | 24 | — | 25 (highest) | 22 |
| Returns on capital | 100 (highest) | 66 | 100 (highest) | 78 |
| Balance-sheet safety | 100 (highest) | 97 | 76 | 95 |
| Capital allocation | 80 | 70 | 80 | 86 (highest) |
| 6% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today) | 186% above value if growth stopped today | 325% above value if growth stopped today | 217% above value if growth stopped today | |
| Market cap | $7.1B | $11.3B | $6.6B | $13.1B |
| Moat tier | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat |
| Filing date | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 |