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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POWI · Technology · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

ESP · Technology · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

EEX · Technology · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

LGL · Technology · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

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%.

MeasurePOWIESPEEXLGL
Moat Score (0–100)52 (highest)52 (highest)52 (highest)52 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend1065 (highest)6065 (highest)
Pricing power851198 (highest)—
Returns on capital46 (highest)26329
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)100 (highest)28100 (highest)
Capital allocation2060 (highest)4434
209% above value if growth stopped today163% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)207% above value if growth stopped today762% above value if growth stopped today
Market cap$2.5B$170M$996M$41.4M
Moat tierShallow moatShallow moatShallow moatShallow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2026FY2025FY2025