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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TLN · Utilities · No moat

No 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%.

BESS · Utilities · No moat

No moat

Doesn't clear the bar

NFE · Utilities · No moat

No moat

Doesn't clear the bar

AWX · Utilities · No moat

No moat

Doesn't clear the bar

MeasureTLNBESSNFEAWX
Moat Score (0–100)24 (highest)24 (highest)24 (highest)23
Methodology versionmoat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0moat-index@2.0.0
Business trend50053 (highest)46
Pricing power70 (highest)1130
Returns on capital004 (highest)0
Balance-sheet safety028 (highest)28 (highest)0
Capital discipline44 (highest)242439
Price vs. high estimateNo price dataNo price data92% below high estimateNo price data
Market cap$16.5B$12.4M$90.4M
Moat tierNo moatNo moatNo moatNo moat
Filings as ofFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025