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.
UPS · Industrials · 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%.
| Measure | UPS | HLF | SYY | FDX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moat Score (0–100) | 70 (highest) | 70 (highest) | 70 (highest) | 69 |
| Methodology version | moat-index@2.0.0 | moat-index@2.0.0 | moat-index@2.0.0 | moat-index@2.0.0 |
| Business trend | 74 | 71 | 72 | 87 (highest) |
| Pricing power | — | 100 (highest) | 35 | 100 (highest) |
| Returns on capital | 100 (highest) | 100 (highest) | 81 | 34 |
| Balance-sheet safety | 46 | 18 | 58 (highest) | 47 |
| Capital discipline | 57 | 59 | 100 (highest) | 78 |
| Price vs. high estimate | No price data | 58% below high estimate (largest discount to high estimate) | 21% above high estimate | 52% above high estimate |
| Market cap | — | $1.3B | $38.6B | $72.4B |
| Moat tier | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat | Narrow moat |
| Filings as of | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2025 | FY2026 |