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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PEG · Utilities · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

WCN · Utilities · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

OTTR · Utilities · Shallow moat

Shallow 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%.

NFG · Utilities · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

MeasurePEGWCNOTTRNFG
Moat Score (0–100)5455 (highest)55 (highest)53
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend6390 (highest)7471
Pricing power100 (highest)71—96
Returns on capital363134 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety302247 (highest)33
Capital allocation7285 (highest)6732
125% above value if growth stopped today358% above value if growth stopped today19% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)34% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$35.0B$42.3B$3.8B$7.1B
Moat tierShallow moatShallow moatShallow moatShallow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025