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.

Try AAPL vs MSFT vs KO, V vs MA, or COST vs WMT vs TGT.

MSFT · Technology · Wide moat

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META · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

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IBEX · Technology · Wide moat

Wide 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%.

GOOGL · Technology · Wide moat

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MeasureMSFTMETAIBEXGOOGL
Moat Score (0–100)98 (highest)98 (highest)98 (highest)97
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend100 (highest)959295
Pricing power100 (highest)100 (highest)94
Returns on capital100 (highest)100 (highest)100 (highest)97
Balance-sheet safety9997100 (highest)98
Capital discipline90100 (highest)100 (highest)100 (highest)
Price vs. high estimate117% above high estimate116% above high estimate27% above high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)182% above high estimate
Market cap$2.84T$1.53T$447M$3.87T
Moat tierWide moatWide moatWide moatWide moat
Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025