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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The returnsOnCapital component abstained: Not enough years of ROIC data to score returns on capital. The other four 20% weights were renormalized over the scored 80%.

MeasureSNPSPLTRFATNGTLL
Moat Score (0–100)64 (highest)64 (highest)64 (highest)64 (highest)
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend95 (highest)854763
Pricing power100 (highest)95100 (highest)70
Returns on capital661876 (highest)—
Balance-sheet safety0100 (highest)72100 (highest)
Capital allocation60 (highest)242624
509% above value if growth stopped today18820% above value if growth stopped today25% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)No price data
Market cap$87.1B$479.4B$70MNot reported
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2026FY2025