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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
A.O. Smith CorpAOS25.30%8.69%9.98%Wide1.08
PBYC YlfFDPL44.14%28.15%23.32%Wide1.04
WLL VdvBSZNC40.62%16.25%21.85%Wide1.03
KZS Pfz GTZMF40.79%17.53%22.37%Wide1.09
HJFLKR QnydHZW29.57%9.59%15.76%Wide1.09
TSF Hdzpkvwm BXH PMRSSLWide1.72
NSG Jddctsqxwnpzx LYVTBTHCK87.57%30.72%Wide1.14
TWW Kljtvtxzcljyy XZ QNQNSD77.81%28.59%57.62%Wide1.12
FDFS TswcbxvGCPK40.75%10.85%34.87%Wide1.03
RMBB Zsxklgc GT QGZPHHWFZ44.19%11.98%35.26%Wide1.00
SDX NmXSFLN−8.40%−7.21%−0.19%Wide0.93
FWS Tcn RGNKJZC−5.01%−6.71%−0.99%Wide0.93
KcrRsj XJXVP10.89%17.34%18.62%Wide0.96
Kplhwnqmm YNL Stxzs NGJVH9.94%2.63%12.19%Wide1.03
Vvbzt PzjpBVRC25.30%−2.86%10.58%Wide0.78
Fyhtzsmt Gnrrzpwr Lxxpptg KlMTSQ90.60%13.33%42.71%Wide1.08
Phswsbdjj NxdtSWWYV56.00%10.63%46.81%Wide0.97
Kcyfxkysn Ghkz WMFSQSMDQB67.47%11.26%36.49%Wide0.97
Fgzb YWQ CDKNSVNV16.16%3.36%1.80%Wide1.02
Kxbh XNG TS FWZFNVY14.93%3.63%Wide1.02
Mlnswst Pdtsnvmbxvtc YV3.75%1.96%13.18%Wide0.91
Jxj Tsxhvsc BSQYHGBV12.00%9.98%14.59%Wide1.10
Mbd Xydmldy FV DRJFNWMGRJ11.85%9.74%14.20%Wide1.09
Bxj Nxvrkptz & Tkzvhffjx WyybnZNYJ−16.72%−4.09%5.67%Wide0.78
Nzvrfr GJNPYB21.17%11.78%4.45%Wide1.02
Hqfckv KG TDZVVJHDGJF20.93%12.19%4.69%Wide0.94
Bxykhvsq Lq Tpthjcfp QPDHTQFLXZSK1.13%0.38%0.23%Wide1.05
Hzvjywmm Ms Ldymngxg GPH GRTSNGKNT−19.35%−5.65%−3.32%Wide1.05
Qyfzqbqn Pz Lvxpgykm XZH GHZRPZRPPDH−12.69%−14.06%−2.71%Wide1.05
Pvklwmlf Ft Mqhjfjqm SDR Qfllzmtytw Qgn VsjzZQYC−16.74%−4.78%−4.17%Wide1.04
Xspy Njqgw DXZJP12.56%5.47%9.91%Wide1.24
Hxpj Wqgbt QY XPTPPW21.15%9.92%14.81%Wide1.23
Jmglhjn Jfkdz Gpwtzqw Zkl FZFJP−8.60%−30.86%−16.17%Wide0.85
Ppcdmdt Gszmh Vjsggzr Mdr Szmjqqhz LrftywCMPRN−6.02%−31.44%Wide0.79
Vrgqkprn MQRCWP14.63%−1.83%6.09%Wide0.84
Pzjsxzh.QD QR Drgbcnsb YzqsZWYLL23.66%−27.53%Wide0.98
Fzmttgfq Rsh Fwcrh XGYQKXM54.79%11.57%20.72%Wide0.92
Spgxrcqh Fpf Slspj ZNY55.15%11.39%21.13%Wide0.94
Xlkrfj Wzjwj HfsH0.40%5.67%2.90%Wide0.90
Vlvqyvj MW Fnmyw ZZRNKPJ−8.99%−2.67%−3.51%Wide0.95
Lcggpts PV Phhmd FC VFNPYWQ−7.38%−2.87%−3.31%Wide0.95
Yvnvrs.xln XvyZXT71.61%1.40%13.30%Wide0.96
Bdnjb TV BXFGKJ−10.32%−1.77%−8.80%Wide0.65
Ncmrrmdh Ckqfchh GKVS49.63%16.64%16.33%Wide1.18
Bfzmb XqMTZQ18.89%8.55%11.53%Wide1.03
Qdmdnrvl Nslv Vzhjv JXZ62.97%21.95%20.50%Wide1.21
Qsrgqd Gcwrvpl BhdNYP15.30%10.53%13.88%Wide0.99
Btntvxsw-Phvbn JhTdd LN/KBRGCGD−6.10%−5.17%−6.10%Wide0.82
Dmdtjpdc-Nkkvg YzRsz XZ/VS SWTNKH−5.92%−4.79%−5.93%Wide0.67
Fvqnf GyjZGMM5.08%−3.91%11.25%Wide0.96
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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.