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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PSMT · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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On the watchlist

CDW · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

SHAK · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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On the watchlist

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%.

PZZA · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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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%.

MeasurePSMTCDWSHAKPZZA
Moat Score (0–100)6566 (highest)66 (highest)65
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend100 (highest)667575
Pricing power1823 (highest)
Returns on capital5388796 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)65100 (highest)48
Capital allocation5686 (highest)8040
372% above value if growth stopped today27% above value if growth stopped todayNo price data9% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)
Market cap$5.7B$17.3BNot reported$996M
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025