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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SHAK · 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%.

SBUX · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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SIG · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

CBRL · Consumer Discretionary · Narrow moat

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MeasureSHAKSBUXSIGCBRL
Moat Score (0–100)69 (highest)69 (highest)69 (highest)69 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0
Business trend88 (highest)816553
Pricing power9762100 (highest)
Returns on capital7100 (highest)7990
Balance-sheet safety100 (highest)26100 (highest)65
Capital discipline80 (highest)424034
Price vs. high estimateNo price data76% above high estimate18% below high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)8% above high estimate
Market cap$119.2B$3.7B$1.2B
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2026FY2025