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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WEYS · Industrials · Narrow moat

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GPC · Industrials · Narrow moat

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The balanceSheet component abstained: Insufficient leverage/coverage inputs to score the balance sheet. The other four 20% weights were renormalized over the scored 80%.

SXI · Industrials · Narrow moat

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HLF · Industrials · Narrow moat

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Wonderful & reasonably priced

MeasureWEYSGPCSXIHLF
Moat Score (0–100)6061 (highest)61 (highest)60
Methodology versionmoat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0moat-index@3.0.0
Business trend535380 (highest)23
Pricing power665661100 (highest)
Returns on capital38100 (highest)31100 (highest)
Balance-sheet safety73 (highest)—4618
Capital allocation723586 (highest)59
51% above value if growth stopped today77% above value if growth stopped today267% above value if growth stopped today51% below value if growth stopped today (largest discount to value if growth stopped today)
Market cap$500M$18.1B$3.3B$1.5B
Moat tierNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moatNarrow moat
Filing dateFY2025FY2025FY2026FY2025