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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PSIX · Industrials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

POWL · Industrials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

BDC · Industrials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

CCK · Industrials · 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%.

MeasurePSIXPOWLBDCCCK
Moat Score (0–100)5657 (highest)57 (highest)56
Methodology versionmoat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0
Business trend81 (highest)775869
Pricing power2657 (highest)
Returns on capital87 (highest)123952
Balance-sheet safety84100 (highest)7224
Capital discipline2488 (highest)5676
Price vs. high estimate136% above high estimate177% above high estimate47% above high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)54% above high estimate
Market cap$688.9M$2.8B$3.9B$13.0B
Moat tierShallow moatShallow moatShallow moatShallow moat
Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025