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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RS · Industrials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

CR · Industrials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

LYTS · Industrials · Shallow moat

Shallow moat

Doesn't clear the bar

INSW · 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%.

MeasureRSCRLYTSINSW
Moat Score (0–100)54 (highest)54 (highest)54 (highest)54 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend264890 (highest)65
Pricing power5163 (highest)41
Returns on capital4262 (highest)1514
Balance-sheet safety6881 (highest)6658
Capital allocation85 (highest)186080
42% above value if growth stopped today220% above value if growth stopped today112% above value if growth stopped today6% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)
Market cap$21.1B$13.0B$698M$4.6B
Moat tierShallow moatShallow moatShallow moatShallow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025