The Moat Index

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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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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%.

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MeasureNOVTSEZLADIAPPF
Moat Score (0–100)67 (highest)67 (highest)67 (highest)66
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend69808490 (highest)
Pricing power73—97100 (highest)
Returns on capital18100 (highest)3414
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)5456100 (highest)
Capital allocation73 (highest)326028
349% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)4657% above value if growth stopped today376% above value if growth stopped today2833% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$5.0B$4.2B$197.6B$7.4B
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025