The Moat Index

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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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ROL · Technology · Wide moat

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NVDA · Technology · Wide moat

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MPTI · Technology · Wide moat

Wide 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%.

PAYC · Technology · Wide moat

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MeasureROLNVDAMPTIPAYC
Moat Score (0–100)92 (highest)92 (highest)92 (highest)91
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend100 (highest)95100 (highest)95
Pricing power8693100 (highest)
Returns on capital100 (highest)100 (highest)88100 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety92100 (highest)100 (highest)73
Capital allocation80728089 (highest)
232% above value if growth stopped today1398% above value if growth stopped today634% above value if growth stopped today110% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)
Market cap$18.6B$5.03T$285M$8.0B
Moat tierWide moatWide moatWide moatWide moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2026FY2025FY2025