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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POWL · Industrials · Narrow moat

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BCC · Industrials · Narrow moat

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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%.

CRCT · Industrials · Narrow moat

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MeasurePOWLMSMBCCCRCT
Moat Score (0–100)6162 (highest)62 (highest)61
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend100 (highest)542015
Pricing power672 (highest)47
Returns on capital12796495 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)667173
Capital discipline883791 (highest)76
Price vs. high estimate182% above high estimate144% above high estimate48% below high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)35% above high estimate
Market cap$2.8B$7.0B$2.8B$943M
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Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025