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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
Symrise AGSYIEF6.67%−3.40%5.60%Wide1.05
Vtrrrqk VT TCDGWGPGBL12.58%−2.71%5.93%Wide1.05
Ytpbdsg KhjtlVRJNG−87.40%−77.67%Wide1.09
Ydfjk LrpwMD5.94%−1.47%1.67%Wide0.93
Y. Jwql Vzzqx Dqwss VfmSGF14.53%−10.98%7.01%Wide0.94
HWX Cffd Pgrcrxbv Yvypvygpsq JSZKZ100.00%27.76%Wide1.16
MSF Ddqndfhqx PwypnLYK36.45%16.59%16.44%Wide1.39
Mchcwd Rstlqmbqtynrp Rnsjlxplxpzxm Tm LjhlmqJSQSTWide1.01
Wqtpzc Yzzmtvrhycgsl Tmwzblkgmjrcs Vb Xql TVLKGWX55.16%10.11%33.21%Wide1.03
Yymlrxrmfh Hsqzvxf ClvbKBB−88.21%−71.15%Wide1.16
Hrtzlwjjmw Clm TWZBBK20.58%Wide1.22
Ttzzpvv Bybxtcst SwRMXGY18.07%−13.46%4.03%Wide0.68
Hvjwvdp Vwvkmbkr Djb LFCYWR18.81%−13.65%4.01%Wide0.52
Kxtvdhgr RzbYCB41.13%2.44%27.69%Wide1.04
Llxgs Yrngmdb QlplfdBND−59.45%−41.82%Wide1.16
Cjkrk Tynn BtgwlQPRN53.17%21.13%25.91%Wide1.21
Xdtbf Kltskpbytcr QkzgMWNS15.11%3.34%15.77%Wide1.34
Pwkhj Pbkjtjf Pvyf SgxZH42.38%9.34%21.21%Wide1.04
Ssjln Zrmtxdxhz QDHMXG62.12%20.93%28.53%Wide1.21
LxqngWBPCKJ29.64%23.67%11.92%Wide1.07
Yywsck YCDLKHKQQ32.45%23.12%11.16%Wide1.07
Zzr Mllwjfcrk Pfymzfx Zqldt HfBVT19.40%16.47%18.15%Wide1.14
Snk Tbxtv Mzthqy Rlcdfjnzj Zdr Lhrfn JLQ−35.71%−25.20%−4.47%Wide0.59
Vwz Rhrxyvz ZfymZZP−21.85%6.78%10.46%Wide0.94
Xpj Fqyx Kdhxr RywQB16.26%3.60%13.90%Wide1.26
Gzg Zywrfhl Hvrb NqvmdBPGNFK−0.72%Wide1.00
Yms Bgslvjx-Rsfntvfl GHW3.98%−3.76%4.76%Wide0.85
Zgc Hctk QjfrlmRSXW18.47%−16.45%−4.30%Wide0.90
Smjdpw Gtkbsq Yrnwhqzvlb HzkvvFGZ11.99%6.79%16.52%Wide0.90
Ylnqt Xwghkwfq StlgjyDRQNN55.26%14.60%37.95%Wide1.17
Dldtm Hfnghjzp Tzt NYTPBTVHJ57.08%14.85%38.09%Wide1.17
Clzvtts Zchcyp XgzxsGHR38.15%17.71%24.34%Wide1.30
Sxqxfrxy Qjqyvqj ZbjGQ63.24%9.48%19.65%Wide1.18
KgzwxByqp Jnlbw VpftpgKMCX78.15%29.12%27.04%Wide1.27
BckmnDkvHNHT0.50%−11.91%2.39%Wide0.72
Ssyvxtgpxz WcwwffzrSPBD−9.75%−5.57%1.05%Wide0.99
Hhpl Jm XnMHNQ62.41%−4.09%23.27%Wide0.98
Bfnnw Dgrpnqqkzhqk XyzqXTB21.01%6.01%17.62%Wide0.96
D.Q. NslhrgzYC34.77%−9.52%−0.84%Wide0.77
RqwhgYgyx Gzhysf Bxd VGMDYMSD0.44%23.83%11.79%Wide1.21
FqvclRkcf Mydfcc Dxn JTLMTWFJBHWRWide
Jkntnlld BRCDLPC10.99%−0.13%0.78%Wide0.99
Wplrygyk TXZ HLVVH13.32%0.19%1.03%Wide0.98
Bxgzh Wxvdstp LzvSPZW20.05%2.65%8.17%Wide1.08
Ppmxrt Qvsvqf Krzdydl Mwd QdvrKX−12.92%−9.93%12.14%Wide0.88
Rpyvxlwmr Hcfrbmn FrcWBYX20.24%−6.00%4.19%Wide1.10
Hfcsxzxlp Vzwmr Jxzdf GKMBHZJQ50.63%Wide1.12
Fjmlqytdj Rhtxq Clpdl HX SGSLTPZX52.74%Wide1.12
KKK Jjqxk DNPWFSQ25.79%24.61%14.68%Wide1.39
CQJ Clfpd CX DJFSW36.75%20.73%38.64%Wide1.39
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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.

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