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.
PPL · Utilities · No 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%.
| Measure | PPL | MNTK | NFE | VIVK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Score (0–100) | 22 (highest) | 22 (highest) | 22 (highest) | 20 |
| Methodology version | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 |
| Business trend | 85 (highest) | 54 | 42 | 50 |
| Pricing power | — | 27 (highest) | 11 | 0 |
| Returns on capital | 0 | 5 (highest) | 4 | 0 |
| Balance-sheet safety | 2 | 8 | 28 (highest) | 28 (highest) |
| Capital allocation | 0 | 17 | 24 (highest) | 24 (highest) |
| 224% above value if growth stopped today | 148% above value if growth stopped today | 91% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today) | No price data | |
| Market cap | $27.2B | $268M | $96.6M | $5.9M |
| Moat tier | No moat | No moat | No moat | No moat |
| Filing date | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 |