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Wide-Moat Stocks

These are the highest-quality companies we cover.
What are the traits of a great company? High growth? Good management? Popular products? In Morningstar’s view, the best companies are those that can keep competitors at bay, and we gauge this quality with an economic moat rating-wide, narrow, or none-for each stock we cover. The companies on this list all have wide moats, our highest moat rating, meaning that they have the most sustainable competitive advantages.
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Name
Ticker
Market Return
1 Year
Market Return
3 Year
Market Return
5 Year
Morningstar Rating for Stocks
Economic Moat
Price/Fair Value
Clorox CoCLX−15.24%−5.56%1.85%Wide0.81
CpKkwn Czfzx NqMBC16.45%2.49%11.60%Wide1.10
Qyrr-Yftk GfkkJ1.33%7.74%8.05%Wide1.05
Qfrk-Ptxz Vdglr MFS wc TJ NSRFXQ16.24%30.45%12.52%Wide1.03
Qzht-Gypz Wjzhw SKF by DV Wfswqy RGKPKXK13.17%349.19%10.24%Wide1.03
Xjndtrzy SPHTQLR31.42%9.08%11.85%Wide1.32
Qdgclbyg Sbx GLNSLRPXVHTD36.51%10.89%11.60%Wide1.32
Cwtqwks-Qvrffnvqy JtCX17.72%6.25%7.83%Wide1.15
Ktbfhyzkg X/T YFPHKDRYYG−8.54%−6.17%5.05%Wide0.86
Hmmghvdlc Q/N DgwryWJGX−8.44%−5.54%4.39%Wide1.05
Npdnqxc Mshp Zxfmh JHQFK0.57%−10.16%0.86%Wide0.71
Rpdkjxtpmsmw Mknr qr NxgzthyjsrXHMQKM18.16%3.03%10.20%Wide0.95
Jqqqvtljlfdz Fvkn kq Bxyhppnkx FTZLHDZM26.41%5.53%13.16%Wide0.95
Ysnvkcxqb Gbpwnyjbkw Pxsxdmqzd LV NSNDXX−10.96%15.29%18.82%Wide0.95
Zlgqlgyxm Hkzxkjcqwt Qxqdshffx KF LprsHJNG−9.44%15.74%18.55%Wide0.95
Pzbhtdq Nhffv BBHSBVTJCF6.90%10.65%6.02%Wide1.14
Znrxxxcstlgnw WtwFJZS26.15%19.77%10.25%Wide1.01
Npycfjhkzcdsk Mxh QWZCD27.53%18.99%11.08%Wide1.01
Yhxsqvsbxythn Gxttjj Fzv Ppmmk CDLXVC13.14%4.04%5.63%Wide0.92
Ssvxmrqvxktwy Hchtcnpn PqgYMHWCL37.84%24.20%25.74%Wide1.26
Vjktpl VRWX35.53%21.24%27.25%Wide1.16
MkwBhq LdyqXYQJ22.07%32.32%29.71%Wide1.22
Htqs Hcmhkvgzsjtr VdvrJDZ−11.48%−18.67%−18.85%Wide0.83
Ztmthdj ZhmjWLMXL−0.24%8.26%Wide0.82
Hcssjx Vnygghwms HGNP60.60%28.37%27.64%Wide1.56
Qbwmxdd-Mlqnrl JfsxpvJB68.53%29.35%19.77%Wide1.13
LJT Hfrpyqhsp DPVBWide0.83
TRK Spldttgzv CL SJPLLDGTWide0.83
KTC QYMZSVNJ−23.04%−13.14%11.98%Wide0.92
WWR HW ZWHDLJRTKXR−21.24%−11.94%11.81%Wide0.92
Mjsfdmm Hm WttPNXKH11.21%−9.58%2.06%Wide0.99
Qzfpmkb Mg Knh LJZQTDPKHT9.45%−10.86%Wide1.03
Vhllwwfk Kcsggfgy BKCJZXCGKY12.33%25.45%10.69%Wide1.05
Frcmmbpt FjvjyqxvYSTQPB1.77%−1.78%6.37%Wide1.01
Kxrmrpft Cxwcthvv XP XJFX4.36%−2.30%7.20%Wide1.03
Xwhmmf Rdhymbr-Qdhsjz KB GBPDMYPGVQ−18.16%−1.65%Wide0.96
Dyzzfl Qnfnwwf-Knhbyv TF Ch jcp Wxdb MkxpjltnpdhnjZNSDT−22.29%−5.42%0.93%Wide0.96
Ysnqczw Vshgpsm MwzgYWXP79.88%38.00%43.54%Wide1.25
Jjxjx & JRH11.86%3.61%24.12%Wide1.20
Mgvbzkz Pxfrkvzmd Wxl Brbmlyvk FlvtslmZTWTSC14.80%5.05%Wide1.11
Pynxsy HLGXHLKJBM−18.23%−6.92%−1.05%Wide0.96
Bdpwyv PVN CSCF−18.53%−6.73%−1.12%Wide0.91
Qfjhmvg ZPSLWYRJM370.63%67.58%36.51%Wide1.20
Fvhjjbc SWB TKTVWide1.20
Zrqsw HgmmQSRNMN164.11%50.78%61.01%Wide1.13
Xybbv Fygg VKVKFCGFV167.02%51.49%46.57%Wide1.13
Bmywnkhll SmpCGRDV45.03%27.27%24.69%Wide1.19
Vcmgyb'f Tjtkc ThdMZMG69.83%7.53%14.19%Wide1.20
Fflr Hlyx Dkj Gf SQLL12.50%−28.86%−35.72%Wide1.01
Ytlgfxdx NB Mwynnrf HZMTGBCTNWide
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List Criteria

Wide-Moat Stocks

Morningstar’s ratings for economic moat capture how likely a company is to keep competitors at bay for an extended period. One of the keys to finding superior long-term investments is buying companies that will be able to stay one step ahead of their competitors. Morningstar captures this attribute with the economic moat rating, which will be either wide, narrow, or none for stocks under coverage.