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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PLTK · Technology · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

SNPS · Technology · Narrow moat

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On the watchlist

GTLL · Technology · Narrow moat

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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%.

VICR · Technology · Narrow moat

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MeasurePLTKSNPSGTLLVICR
Moat Score (0–100)64 (highest)64 (highest)64 (highest)64 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend3395 (highest)6371
Pricing power100 (highest)100 (highest)7070
Returns on capital100 (highest)6635
Balance-sheet safety280100 (highest)100 (highest)
Capital allocation61 (highest)602444
65% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)386% above value if growth stopped todayNo price dataNo price data
Market cap$1.4B$69.5BNot reportedNot reported
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025