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.
BCC · Industrials · Narrow 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%.
| Measure | POWL | MSM | BCC | CRCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Score (0–100) | 61 | 62 (highest) | 62 (highest) | 61 |
| Methodology version | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 |
| Business trend | 100 (highest) | 54 | 20 | 15 |
| Pricing power | 6 | 72 (highest) | — | 47 |
| Returns on capital | 12 | 79 | 64 | 95 (highest) |
| Balance-sheet safety | 100 (highest) | 66 | 71 | 73 |
| Capital allocation | 88 | 37 | 91 (highest) | 76 |
| 235% above value if growth stopped today | 154% above value if growth stopped today | 49% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today) | 103% above value if growth stopped today | |
| Market cap | $2.1B | $7.3B | $2.7B | $1.4B |
| Moat tier | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat |
| Filing date | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 |