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.

PCTY · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

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CTSH · Technology · Wide moat

Wide 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%.

TZOO · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

On the watchlist

The returnsOnCapital component abstained: Not enough years of ROIC data to score returns on capital. The other four 20% weights were renormalized over the scored 80%.

AAPL · Technology · Wide moat

Wide moat

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MeasurePCTYCTSHTZOOAAPL
Moat Score (0–100)8384 (highest)8383
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend100 (highest)739581
Pricing power9399 (highest)63
Returns on capital9789100 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)100 (highest)100 (highest)94
Capital allocation2775 (highest)4075 (highest)
247% above value if growth stopped today21% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)18% above value if growth stopped today354% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$6.9B$21.8B$110M$4.92T
Moat tierWide moatWide moatWide moatWide moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025