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 | AME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | 95 |
| Pricing power | 24 | — | 25 | 60 (highest) |
| Returns on capital | 100 (highest) | 66 | 100 (highest) | 54 |
| Balance-sheet safety | 100 (highest) | 97 | 76 | 89 |
| Capital allocation | 80 (highest) | 70 | 80 (highest) | 80 (highest) |
| Around the value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today) | 126% above value if growth stopped today | 272% above value if growth stopped today | 236% above value if growth stopped today | |
| Market cap | $6.8B | $8.9B | $5.8B | $56.5B |
| Moat tier | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat |
| Filing date | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 |