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.

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NCSM · Materials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

EGY · Materials · Narrow moat

Narrow moat

Wonderful & reasonably priced

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%.

CNR · Materials · Narrow moat

Narrow 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%.

ECL · Materials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

MeasureNCSMEGYCNRECL
Moat Score (0–100)60 (highest)60 (highest)60 (highest)60 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend75505592 (highest)
Pricing power6470 (highest)
Returns on capital091 (highest)8830
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)555544
Capital allocation60444262 (highest)
396% above value if growth stopped today11% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)15% above value if growth stopped today348% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$120M$579M$4.2B$75.8B
Moat tierShallow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatShallow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025