The Moat Index

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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%.

MeasureTDGTJXDRICHH
Moat Score (0–100)78 (highest)78 (highest)78 (highest)77
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend100 (highest)919495
Pricing power93 (highest)4731
Returns on capital75100 (highest)97100 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety4078 (highest)7212
Capital discipline807494100 (highest)
Price vs. high estimateNo price data112% above high estimate21% above high estimate6% below high estimate (largest discount to high estimate)
Market capNot reported$170.7B$22.4B$5.1B
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Filings as ofFY2025FY2026FY2026FY2025