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.
VSTS · Industrials · 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%.
| Measure | UP | VSTS | SGLY | SLND |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Score (0–100) | 14 | 15 (highest) | 15 (highest) | 14 |
| Methodology version | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 | moat-index@3.0.0 |
| Business trend | 20 | 38 (highest) | 15 | 0 |
| Pricing power | 0 (highest) | — | 0 (highest) | 0 (highest) |
| Returns on capital | 0 | 3 | 6 (highest) | 0 |
| Balance-sheet safety | 28 (highest) | 0 | 28 (highest) | 28 (highest) |
| Capital allocation | 24 | 19 | 24 | 44 (highest) |
| No price data | 31% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today) | No price data | 602% above value if growth stopped today | |
| Market cap | $4.4B | $2.1B | $1.1M | $33.6M |
| Moat tier | No moat | No moat | No moat | No moat |
| Filing date | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 |