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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VRTX · Healthcare · Wide moat

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REGN · Healthcare · Wide moat

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A · Healthcare · Wide moat

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BTMD · Healthcare · Wide 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%.

MeasureVRTXREGNABTMD
Moat Score (0–100)81 (highest)81 (highest)81 (highest)80
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend95 (highest)297269
Pricing power100 (highest)100 (highest)90
Returns on capital969784100 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety73100 (highest)7173
Capital allocation398088 (highest)80
228% above value if growth stopped todayNo price data174% above value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)No price data
Market cap$121.2BNot reported$39.2BNot reported
Moat tierWide moatWide moatWide moatWide moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2025FY2025