Fortress balance sheets.

Wide or Narrow tier (score 60+) · balance-sheet-safety sub-score 90+

A wide moat on a fragile balance sheet isn’t a Buffett business — leverage is how good companies produce bad outcomes. The balance-sheet-safety sub-score reads net debt against EBITDA and interest coverage straight from the filings; scoring 90 or better generally means little or no net debt and interest payments the business could shrug off. This screen keeps only Wide and Narrow moats (composite 60+) that clear that bar.

The point of a fortress balance sheet isn’t avoiding excitement — it’s optionality. A business that owes little can survive a bad stretch without dilution and act when others can’t. Note what this screen doesn’t test: price. Many of these names trade above our conservative estimate of value, so pair it with Quality on sale for the intersection. Full formulas in the methodology.

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That link pre-sets the screener to: Wide and Narrow tiers, balance-sheet safety at least 90.

Matches today: 200
Wide moats: 86
Median Moat Score: 78
Screened from: 2,036

200 companies clear the screen

Ranked by Moat Score, highest first.

#	Company	Ticker	Mkt cap	Moat Score	Moat	Margin of safety
1	FORTINET, INC.	FTNT	$120.1B	100.0	Wide moat	481% above value
2	ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.	ALGN	$12.6B	99.7	Wide moat	152% above value
3	Meta Platforms, Inc.	META	$1.66T	99.3	Wide moat	135% above value
4	Moody’s Corporation	MCO	$90.6B	98.8	Wide moat	155% above value
5	IDEXX LABORATORIES INC /DE	IDXX	$45.2B	97.8	Wide moat	197% above value
6	ALPHABET INC.	GOOGL	$4.19T	97.8	Wide moat	808% above value
7	MICROSOFT CORPORATION	MSFT	$2.93T	97.6	Wide moat	504% above value
8	Abercrombie & Fitch Co.	ANF	—	97.6	Wide moat	No price data
9	lululemon athletica inc.	LULU	$13.0B	97.6	Wide moat	54% below value
10	F5, INC.	FFIV	$23.6B	97.3	Wide moat	189% above value
11	CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INC	CORT	$9.6B	97.3	Wide moat	706% above value
12	QUALYS, INC.	QLYS	$5.7B	96.1	Wide moat	86% above value
13	REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	REGN	—	96.0	Wide moat	No price data
14	Veeva Systems Inc.	VEEV	$32.0B	95.4	Wide moat	No price data
15	Lifevantage Corp	LFVN	$77.1M	95.1	Wide moat	43% above value
16	Doximity, Inc.	DOCS	$3.9B	94.9	Wide moat	39% above value
17	GARMIN LTD	GRMN	$48.1B	94.7	Wide moat	144% above value
18	YETI Holdings, Inc.	YETI	$3.8B	94.7	Wide moat	95% above value
19	LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION	LRCX	$397.5B	93.4	Wide moat	390% above value
20	MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES, INC.	MANH	$9.8B	93.4	Wide moat	206% above value
21	GRACO INC.	GGG	$12.3B	93.1	Wide moat	41% above value
22	UTAH MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC	UTMD	$222.4M	93.1	Wide moat	41% above value
23	Monster Beverage Corp	MNST	$95.4B	93.0	Wide moat	251% above value
24	Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.	SSD	$7.8B	92.4	Wide moat	30% above value
25	NVIDIA CORP	NVDA	$4.93T	92.2	Wide moat	807% above value
26	COPART, INC.	CPRT	$26.7B	92.1	Wide moat	20% above value
27	Arista Networks, Inc.	ANET	$211.9B	92.0	Wide moat	454% above value
28	TERADYNE, INC.	TER	$50.3B	90.9	Wide moat	717% above value
29	INTUIT INC.	INTU	$81.3B	90.9	Wide moat	108% above value
30	UBIQUITI INC.	UI	$33.0B	90.6	Wide moat	350% above value
31	WD-40 COMPANY	WDFC	$3.3B	90.3	Wide moat	164% above value
32	ResMed Inc.	RMD	$29.1B	90.2	Wide moat	72% above value
33	ROLLINS INC	ROL	$21.7B	90.1	Wide moat	140% above value
34	CarGurus, Inc.	CARG	$3.5B	90.1	Wide moat	58% above value
35	IRADIMED CORPORATION	IRMD	$1.2B	89.9	Wide moat	301% above value
36	MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC	MPWR	$62.8B	89.8	Wide moat	697% above value
37	Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	ISRG	$122.7B	89.6	Wide moat	463% above value
38	UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION	OLED	$3.8B	89.4	Wide moat	26% above value
39	FASTENAL CO	FAST	$52.2B	89.3	Wide moat	152% above value
40	RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION	RL	$23.7B	89.3	Wide moat	85% above value
41	REVOLVE GROUP, INC.	RVLV	$1.8B	89.0	Wide moat	175% above value
42	Duolingo, Inc.	DUOL	—	88.8	Wide moat	No price data
43	Table Trac INC	TBTC	$21.0M	88.7	Wide moat	16% above value
44	SIGA Technologies, Inc.	SIGA	$246.3M	88.5	Wide moat	63% below value
45	ULTA BEAUTY, INC.	ULTA	$21.2B	88.3	Wide moat	30% above value
46	Airbnb, Inc.	ABNB	$90.9B	88.2	Wide moat	911% above value
47	W.W. GRAINGER, INC.	GWW	$66.1B	88.1	Wide moat	115% above value
48	Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.	SFM	$7.3B	88.1	Wide moat	51% above value
49	JACK HENRY & ASSOCIATES, INC.	JKHY	$11.1B	87.8	Wide moat	88% above value
50	Omega Flex, Inc.	OFLX	$301.6M	87.6	Wide moat	31% above value
51	EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION	EW	$49.8B	87.0	Wide moat	198% above value
52	T-Mobile US, Inc.	TMUS	$213.0B	87.0	Wide moat	4% above value
53	AUTODESK, INC.	ADSK	$46.3B	86.6	Wide moat	154% above value
54	Trex Company, Inc.	TREX	$4.8B	86.2	Wide moat	110% above value
55	Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc.	ASO	$3.1B	85.6	Wide moat	46% below value
56	United Rentals, Inc.	URI	$65.9B	85.5	Wide moat	51% above value
57	EXELIXIS, INC.	EXEL	$14.7B	85.4	Wide moat	253% above value
58	A. O. Smith Corporation	AOS	$8.4B	85.3	Wide moat	13% below value
59	BUCKLE, INC	BKE	$2.2B	84.7	Wide moat	7% above value
60	WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.	WSM	$27.1B	84.6	Wide moat	117% above value
61	Five Below, Inc.	FIVE	$11.2B	84.5	Wide moat	123% above value
62	SPS COMMERCE, INC.	SPSC	$2.5B	84.4	Wide moat	108% above value
63	WEX Inc.	WEX	$5.6B	84.4	Wide moat	22% below value
64	Energy Recovery, Inc.	ERII	$455.2M	83.9	Wide moat	3% above value
65	INTERPARFUMS, INC.	IPAR	$4.0B	83.4	Wide moat	34% above value
66	YELP INC.	YELP	$1.6B	83.4	Wide moat	24% below value
67	CREDITRISKMONITOR.COM, INC.	CRMZ	$23.2M	82.9	Wide moat	23% above value
68	Apple Inc.	AAPL	$4.93T	82.8	Wide moat	181% above value
69	SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION	SCCO	$141.3B	82.4	Wide moat	132% above value
70	PAYLOCITY HOLDING CORPORATION	PCTY	$7.0B	82.3	Wide moat	116% above value
71	BADGER METER, INC.	BMI	$5.6B	82.1	Wide moat	284% above value
72	HERITAGE GLOBAL INC.	HGBL	$42.7M	82.0	Wide moat	58% below value
73	ReposiTrak, Inc.	TRAK	$161.1M	81.5	Wide moat	37% above value
74	Arhaus, Inc.	ARHS	$1.1B	81.4	Wide moat	12% below value
75	COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COMPANY	COLM	—	81.3	Wide moat	No price data
76	CATALYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	CPRX	$3.9B	81.3	Wide moat	158% above value
77	Viemed Healthcare, Inc.	VMD	$461.9M	81.3	Wide moat	306% above value
78	WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.	WST	$25.8B	81.2	Wide moat	296% above value
79	Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc.	FND	$6.1B	80.9	Wide moat	124% above value
80	Electromed, Inc.	ELMD	$351.5M	80.6	Wide moat	841% above value
81	National Beverage Corp.	FIZZ	$2.9B	80.5	Wide moat	9% below value
82	WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC	WTS	$11.6B	80.5	Wide moat	134% above value
83	THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY	NYT	$12.5B	80.3	Wide moat	135% above value
84	MIMEDX GROUP, INC.	MDXG	$636.8M	80.2	Wide moat	35% above value
85	RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	RCMT	$203.6M	80.1	Wide moat	32% below value
86	Ross Stores, Inc.	ROST	$75.2B	80.0	Wide moat	123% above value
87	Houlihan Lokey, Inc.	HLI	—	79.9	Narrow moat	No price data
88	EPAM SYSTEMS, INC.	EPAM	$4.8B	79.8	Narrow moat	10% below value
89	GENTEX CORPORATION	GNTX	$5.2B	79.6	Narrow moat	21% above value
90	NVE Corporation	NVEC	$417.5M	79.5	Narrow moat	115% above value
91	LKQ CORPORATION	LKQ	$6.5B	79.5	Narrow moat	38% below value
92	NAPCO SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC	NSSC	$1.3B	79.4	Narrow moat	164% above value
93	The Vita Coco Company, Inc.	COCO	$4.2B	79.1	Narrow moat	397% above value
94	SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.	SWKS	$8.8B	78.9	Narrow moat	3% above value
95	WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC.	WWW	—	78.8	Narrow moat	No price data
96	WATSCO INC	WSO	—	78.7	Narrow moat	No price data
97	AMAZON COM INC	AMZN	$2.65T	78.6	Narrow moat	342% above value
98	KUBER RESOURCES CORPORATION	KUBR	—	78.3	Narrow moat	No price data
99	FTI CONSULTING, INC	FCN	$5.0B	78.2	Narrow moat	3% above value
100	Robert Half Inc.	RHI	$4.2B	77.8	Narrow moat	4% above value
101	Cactus, Inc.	WHD	—	77.8	Narrow moat	No price data
102	FIGS, Inc.	FIGS	—	77.8	Narrow moat	No price data
103	Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.	OLLI	—	77.7	Narrow moat	No price data
104	CHAMPIONS ONCOLOGY, INC.	CSBR	$84.5M	77.3	Narrow moat	1196% above value
105	NOBILITY HOMES, INC.	NOBH	$97.6M	77.2	Narrow moat	34% below value
106	Cognex Corporation	CGNX	$10.7B	77.0	Narrow moat	811% above value
107	GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.	GMED	—	77.0	Narrow moat	No price data
108	THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC.	SAM	$2.0B	76.9	Narrow moat	40% above value
109	Karat Packaging Inc.	KRT	$760.4M	76.8	Narrow moat	6% above value
110	Toll Brothers, Inc.	TOL	$14.3B	76.2	Narrow moat	41% below value
111	AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC	AEO	$2.9B	76.2	Narrow moat	12% above value
112	ePlus inc.	PLUS	$2.3B	75.9	Narrow moat	3% above value
113	PCS Edventures!, Inc.	PCSV	—	74.8	Narrow moat	No price data
114	EACO CORPORATION	EACO	$491.0M	74.7	Narrow moat	28% above value
115	FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO., INC.	FELE	$4.7B	74.6	Narrow moat	116% above value
116	M/I HOMES, INC.	MHO	$3.9B	74.4	Narrow moat	35% below value
117	CODA OCTOPUS GROUP, INC.	CODA	$112.9M	74.4	Narrow moat	146% above value
118	UNITED-GUARDIAN, INC.	UG	$34.7M	74.2	Narrow moat	19% above value
119	Global Industrial Company	GIC	$1.3B	74.2	Narrow moat	54% above value
120	Champion Homes, Inc.	SKY	$4.5B	73.5	Narrow moat	85% above value
121	COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP /NEW	COST	$417.0B	73.5	Narrow moat	268% above value
122	MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC	MLI	$6.6B	73.3	Narrow moat	40% below value
123	BEST BUY CO., INC.	BBY	$17.9B	73.3	Narrow moat	17% above value
124	KINDER MORGAN, INC.	KMI	$71.9B	73.2	Narrow moat	51% above value
125	JABIL INC	JBL	$32.4B	72.9	Narrow moat	108% above value
126	LOGITECH INTERNATIONAL S.A.	LOGI	—	72.8	Narrow moat	No price data
127	FABRINET	FN	$17.1B	72.6	Narrow moat	283% above value
128	Kforce Inc	KFRC	—	72.5	Narrow moat	No price data
129	CLIMB GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC.	CLMB	$119.6M	72.3	Narrow moat	47% below value
130	TACTILE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC	TCMD	$644.9M	72.3	Narrow moat	172% above value
131	OPTEX SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.	OPXS	$88.3M	72.1	Narrow moat	117% above value
132	UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS INC	USLM	$3.0B	71.9	Narrow moat	124% above value
133	The Marzetti Company	MZTI	$2.9B	71.5	Narrow moat	15% above value
134	AAON, INC.	AAON	$9.1B	71.5	Narrow moat	370% above value
135	BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS, INC.	BJ	$12.1B	71.3	Narrow moat	28% above value
136	AUTOSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES CORP	AATC	$29.2M	71.0	Narrow moat	58% above value
137	BOOT BARN HOLDINGS, INC.	BOOT	$4.6B	71.0	Narrow moat	806% above value
138	OneSpan Inc.	OSPN	$578.0M	70.7	Narrow moat	No price data
139	COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC	CIX	$309.3M	70.7	Narrow moat	12% below value
140	SIGNET JEWELERS LIMITED	SIG	$3.7B	70.1	Narrow moat	17% below value
141	CELESTICA INC.	CLS	$34.6B	70.1	Narrow moat	467% above value
142	PATRICK INDUSTRIES, INC.	PATK	$2.9B	69.8	Narrow moat	15% above value
143	NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.	NBIX	$17.1B	69.6	Narrow moat	329% above value
144	TECNOGLASS INC.	TGLS	$2.1B	69.6	Narrow moat	28% below value
145	Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.	LW	—	69.6	Narrow moat	No price data
146	Yum China Holdings, Inc.	YUMC	$15.5B	69.5	Narrow moat	53% above value
147	AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION, INC.	APEI	$919.2M	69.4	Narrow moat	217% above value
148	APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	AIT	$12.7B	69.2	Narrow moat	121% above value
149	ONTO INNOVATION INC.	ONTO	$13.9B	69.2	Narrow moat	861% above value
150	ENNIS, INC.	EBF	—	69.0	Narrow moat	No price data
151	POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.	POWI	$3.9B	69.0	Narrow moat	907% above value
152	Lindsay Corporation	LNN	—	69.0	Narrow moat	No price data
153	HAMILTON BEACH BRANDS HOLDING COMPANY	HBB	—	68.6	Narrow moat	No price data
154	AppLovin Corp	APP	$143.6B	68.6	Narrow moat	848% above value
155	Balchem Corp	BCPC	$5.2B	68.2	Narrow moat	167% above value
156	IES Holdings, Inc.	IESC	$12.2B	67.4	Narrow moat	463% above value
157	BJ’S RESTAURANTS, INC.	BJRI	$1.4B	67.1	Narrow moat	303% above value
158	NOVANTA INC	NOVT	$5.3B	67.0	Narrow moat	194% above value
159	Hartford Creative Group, Inc.	HFUS	$100.1M	67.0	Narrow moat	No price data
160	LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.	RAMP	$2.3B	66.9	Narrow moat	1234% above value
161	Paymentus Holdings, Inc.	PAY	—	66.9	Narrow moat	No price data
162	Zoom Communications, Inc.	ZM	$28.0B	66.8	Narrow moat	54% above value
163	ARGAN INC	AGX	$7.7B	66.6	Narrow moat	1060% above value
164	TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	TYL	$13.7B	66.5	Narrow moat	154% above value
165	Preformed Line Products Company	PLPC	$1.6B	66.3	Narrow moat	234% above value
166	ServiceNow, Inc.	NOW	$108.1B	66.3	Narrow moat	322% above value
167	WETOUCH TECHNOLOGY INC.	WETH	$16.1M	66.2	Narrow moat	82% below value
168	SANFILIPPO JOHN B & SON INC	JBSS	$931.7M	66.1	Narrow moat	39% above value
169	IDT CORP	IDT	$1.6B	66.1	Narrow moat	118% above value
170	ENSIGN GROUP, INC	ENSG	$9.9B	65.2	Narrow moat	146% above value
171	Cboe Global Markets, Inc.	CBOE	$28.6B	64.9	Narrow moat	90% above value
172	ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC	AMD	$808.1B	64.3	Narrow moat	4367% above value
173	G III APPAREL GROUP LTD /DE/	GIII	—	64.0	Narrow moat	No price data
174	ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.	ZBH	$17.8B	63.8	Narrow moat	37% below value
175	Stride, Inc.	LRN	$3.8B	63.8	Narrow moat	9% below value
176	THE LOVESAC COMPANY	LOVE	$266.1M	63.5	Narrow moat	Around fair value
177	VILLAGE SUPER MARKET, INC.	VLGEA	—	63.3	Narrow moat	No price data
178	eGain Corporation	EGAN	$177.9M	63.1	Narrow moat	51% above value
179	Atkore Inc.	ATKR	$2.5B	63.1	Narrow moat	63% below value
180	ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP.	EPAC	—	63.0	Narrow moat	No price data
181	KOHL'S CORP	KSS	—	62.9	Narrow moat	No price data
182	ACORN ENERGY, INC.	ACFN	$50.5M	62.7	Narrow moat	3723% above value
183	Gyre Therapeutics, Inc.	GYRE	$552.4M	62.7	Narrow moat	1053% above value
184	INGREDION INCORPORATED	INGR	—	62.5	Narrow moat	No price data
185	Genie Energy Ltd.	GNE	$371.2M	62.5	Narrow moat	6% below value
186	Mama's Creations, Inc.	MAMA	$699.3M	62.2	Narrow moat	3578% above value
187	LEATT CORPORATION	LEAT	$76.9M	62.0	Narrow moat	97% above value
188	MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.	MTX	$2.3B	61.6	Narrow moat	424% above value
189	CALERES, INC	CAL	$401.1M	61.5	Narrow moat	79% below value
190	VICOR CORPORATION	VICR	—	61.5	Narrow moat	No price data
191	SONO TEK CORP	SOTK	$86.4M	61.5	Narrow moat	417% above value
192	Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd.	APT	$52.3M	61.4	Narrow moat	20% above value
193	Palantir Technologies Inc.	PLTR	$316.5B	61.3	Narrow moat	12392% above value
194	PC CONNECTION, INC.	CNXN	$2.0B	61.2	Narrow moat	27% above value
195	Xylem Inc.	XYL	$29.9B	61.2	Narrow moat	115% above value
196	LIQUIDITY SERVICES, INC	LQDT	$1.5B	61.0	Narrow moat	332% above value
197	SCI ENGINEERED MATERIALS, INC.	SCIA	—	60.8	Narrow moat	No price data
198	Proto Labs, Inc.	PRLB	$1.8B	60.7	Narrow moat	300% above value
199	VIRTRA, INC.	VTSI	$35.0M	60.3	Narrow moat	61% above value
200	CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.	CWCO	$465.7M	60.1	Narrow moat	41% above value

Where these names sit

Technology (58) · Consumer Discretionary (42) · Healthcare (33) · Industrials (33) · Materials (16) · Consumer Staples (9) · Communications (4) · Utilities (3) · Other (2)

Each sector link opens that industry’s full moat ranking. All sectors: the sector hubs.

A screen is a starting point for reading, not a recommendation. Scores reflect business quality as read from primary SEC filings; the intrinsic-value estimate is deliberately conservative and is not a price target. Sector labels are derived from SEC SIC codes and can differ from GICS classifications. Educational only — not investment advice. See the methodology and disclaimer.