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The MOAT ETF’s holdings, scored by the Moat Index.

We joined each equity in VanEck’s dated MOAT holdings file to the live company API. The result is a side-by-side measurement, not a fund rating: 16 of 47 companies with a usable rating land in our Wide tier.

Our Wide tier
16 / 47
Median operating score
69.5
Equity holdings joined
55
Without a usable rating
8

The median uses 46 comparable operating-company scores only. The 1 financial-model result is labeled separately and never averaged into it.

Holdings and live score records

HoldingTickerFund weightScoreOur tierCoverage stateModel marker
Masco CorpMAS2.76%62.7Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
LPL Financial Holdings IncLPLA2.65%Not ratedInsufficient filing datamoat-index@2.0.0
Charles Schwab CorpSCHW2.63%Not ratedInsufficient filing datamoat-index@2.0.0
Airbnb IncABNB2.55%83.4Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Kenvue IncKVUE2.55%37.4No moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Bristol-Myers Squibb CoBMY2.54%Not ratedInsufficient filing datamoat-index@2.0.0
Veeva Systems IncVEEV2.54%94.0Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
NVIDIA CorpNVDA2.51%91.4Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Palo Alto Networks IncPANW2.50%59.7Shallow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Broadcom IncAVGO2.46%68.9Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Brown-Forman CorpBF/B2.43%Not ratedNot in API coverage
Mondelez International IncMDLZ2.39%40.3Shallow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Datadog IncDDOG2.36%49.3Shallow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Zimmer Biomet Holdings IncZBH2.35%63.8Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Microsoft CorpMSFT2.33%96.5Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Fortinet IncFTNT2.25%99.0Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Danaher CorpDHR2.24%58.0Shallow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Otis Worldwide CorpOTIS2.23%62.9Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Estée Lauder CompaniesEL2.21%57.0Shallow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Clorox CoCLX2.20%Not ratedInsufficient filing datamoat-index@2.0.0
Tyler Technologies IncTYL2.18%73.8Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Fair Isaac CorpFICO2.17%85.0Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Constellation Brands IncSTZ2.15%42.8Shallow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
GE HealthCare Technologies IncGEHC2.13%49.7Shallow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Broadridge Financial Solutions IncBR2.09%70.0Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Nike IncNKE2.09%Not ratedInsufficient filing datamoat-index@2.0.0
Copart IncCPRT1.92%92.1Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Zoetis IncZTS1.89%Not ratedInsufficient filing datamoat-index@2.0.0
Applied Materials IncAMAT1.81%86.2Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
West Pharmaceutical Services IncWST1.68%83.1Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
NXP Semiconductors NVNXPI1.54%60.1Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
U.S. BancorpUSB1.45%79.3Narrow moatFinancial modelmoat-index-financials@0.1.0
Jack Henry & Associates IncJKHY1.42%88.1Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Chipotle Mexican Grill IncCMG1.37%94.6Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Amazon.com IncAMZN1.37%81.5Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Agilent Technologies IncA1.37%79.9Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
MercadoLibre IncMELI1.36%76.2Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Guidewire Software IncGWRE1.35%51.7Shallow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Blackstone IncBX1.34%Not ratedInsufficient filing datamoat-index@2.0.0
Entegris IncENTG1.33%48.2Shallow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Meta Platforms IncMETA1.33%98.6Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
McCormick & CoMKC1.33%49.3Shallow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Amphenol CorpAPH1.33%80.3Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Domino's Pizza IncDPZ1.26%72.5Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Thermo Fisher Scientific IncTMO1.22%61.9Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
TransUnionTRU1.21%57.3Shallow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Motorola Solutions IncMSI1.20%68.5Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Tractor Supply CoTSCO1.19%89.2Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Walt Disney CoDIS1.17%52.1Shallow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Hershey CoHSY1.17%62.5Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
PepsiCo IncPEP1.16%70.0Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Northrop Grumman CorpNOC1.14%74.4Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
Huntington Ingalls Industries IncHII1.11%62.2Narrow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
MarketAxess Holdings IncMKTX0.72%94.6Wide moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0
CoStar Group IncCSGP0.70%51.9Shallow moatScoredmoat-index@2.0.0

Two approaches, one dated list

Morningstar’s published rules say its Wide Moat Focus Index starts with analyst-assigned Wide economic-moat ratings and fair-value estimates, then targets eligible stocks with the lowest market-price/fair-value ratios. Morningstar describes its company ratings as forward-looking, analyst-led judgments about competitive advantages expected to persist for 20 years or more. See the index construction rules and the rating methodology.

Our process asks a different question of public filings: five repeatable operating-company tests produce a 0–100 score and tier; banks and insurers use a separately marked financial model. On this snapshot, the computed overlap is 16 Wide ratings among 47 usable API ratings, while 31 usable ratings land below Wide and 8 holdings have no usable rating. That describes where two methods landed on the same names; it does not establish that either method is better or predict returns.