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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PAYC · Technology · Wide moat

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MPTI · 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%.

ROL · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

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INTU · Technology · Wide moat

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MeasurePAYCMPTIROLINTU
Moat Score (0–100)9192 (highest)92 (highest)90
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend95100 (highest)100 (highest)100 (highest)
Pricing power100 (highest)86100 (highest)
Returns on capital100 (highest)88100 (highest)97
Balance-sheet safety73100 (highest)9292
Capital discipline89 (highest)808063
Price vs. high estimate30% above high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)634% above high estimate105% above high estimate63% above high estimate
Market cap$8.0B$285M$18.6B$82.7B
Moat tierWide moatWide moatWide moatWide moat
Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025