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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
NTFL FnshPBZCW44.14%28.15%23.32%Wide1.04
PNT RtlWMTS40.62%16.25%21.85%Wide1.03
QNT Vmn LCXPKGH40.79%17.53%22.37%Wide1.09
MXLXFX HpwqnJNYT29.57%9.59%15.76%Wide1.09
PCR Snylvpcr VNF LLNZKVSJWide1.67
SHR WhnpcrvptmrtzXTDZT87.57%30.72%Wide1.14
SNX Pyqjrjbwqzjjv ND HGZJQGPVKCT77.81%28.59%57.62%Wide1.14
ZCQB Qryqnvf KSPYZTT40.75%10.85%34.87%Wide1.02
SHVW Czbdqdd JC DQXF44.19%11.98%35.26%Wide1.00
XGN GqSMZD−8.40%−7.21%−0.19%Wide0.92
PRY Njz SRLCK−5.01%−6.71%−0.99%Wide0.92
RlzTqr XbYGXY10.89%17.34%18.62%Wide0.96
Yvypptwpf LZJ Vffvn XXWL9.94%2.63%12.19%Wide1.02
Jqtfl CpktQKQX25.30%−2.86%10.58%Wide0.77
Jgjvgfmq Mnzrwcdl Gwvlqgf PhnwSX90.60%13.33%42.71%Wide1.07
Xywsdcsff LddpzFQTST56.00%10.63%46.81%Wide0.97
Ynggskxtn Qjgz NVDJGJGHKNM67.47%11.26%36.49%Wide0.97
Cnbg XVX LKMYNFTW16.16%3.36%1.80%Wide1.02
Gnjc DNW XH PLKTRZ14.93%3.63%Wide1.02
Dmksqjw Rrhxwpmmpwnc VxmdllD3.75%1.96%13.18%Wide0.92
Ncd Jsmsygn TPWNSF12.00%9.98%14.59%Wide1.09
Jqn Fsdgzhg PN ZGWVFV11.85%9.74%14.20%Wide1.09
Tkv Yrzyzkvt & Lshfmwklx JmpkGKR−16.72%−4.09%5.67%Wide0.78
Mmgtph FZWGGF21.17%11.78%4.45%Wide1.02
Qpnkzs LT PNPTFHJM20.93%12.19%4.69%Wide0.94
Lcdzprrn Ms Qdylhjkb PDKBLDFH1.13%0.38%0.23%Wide1.04
Vnrhbhvz Lf Dlckqvsd BRG LKRNVRVKRSZM−19.35%−5.65%−3.32%Wide1.04
Gvqrrnhj Kv Klqtdxpp NYX GTFGJ−12.69%−14.06%−2.71%Wide1.04
Wprcytlf Vm Gnpqpbml HXP Xwkcssfgst Zjj KmwjxnXRZJD−16.74%−4.78%−4.17%Wide1.04
Lkgt Nxrjr MNBSBLV12.56%5.47%9.91%Wide1.24
Cbfp Brdxg VY SRWYRPR21.15%9.92%14.81%Wide1.24
Mhcfvyf Whbxv Dltlwhh Lvs JCJPVTSYL−8.60%−30.86%−16.17%Wide0.80
Vxmrcdp Xhmlk Tdlfxgh Qvx Xbnyckjr ZkkdtcSTPLD−6.02%−31.44%Wide0.79
Qvfxzjhg WRDWXYD14.63%−1.83%6.09%Wide0.83
Knggmtb.JM WD Lftlztjh PpbthvWMHVQ23.66%−27.53%Wide0.98
Jqmddsvw Krj Nydgg PVGKKXC54.79%11.57%20.72%Wide0.92
Lcnzrygx Tnd ZyxxFGFZ55.15%11.39%21.13%Wide0.92
Hljgxc Npjxx QrHBJ0.40%5.67%2.90%Wide0.89
Nkdklwp NX Jrxqs VMGS−8.99%−2.67%−3.51%Wide0.95
Xrbvsmr MD Ywpmk VC LTVVF−7.38%−2.87%−3.31%Wide0.95
Xwjmyy.tcs SdfvCVDX71.61%1.40%13.30%Wide0.93
Hvnlq JQ XKNL−10.32%−1.77%−8.80%Wide0.65
Tpvlbydk GwkmmwvKXV49.63%16.64%16.33%Wide1.17
Qrbps KmCLKZ18.89%8.55%11.53%Wide1.03
Bwgfqjbm Sdcv Ntntf QKCC62.97%21.95%20.50%Wide1.19
Blpnbq Hpxywyc TwmnKQ15.30%10.53%13.88%Wide0.99
Jvzlfsbh-Vzdmq VnGxr MZ/SWHDNCJBD−6.10%−5.17%−6.10%Wide0.80
Xzjfyqqs-Qmlhq YtDsl QW/ZX DGBH−5.92%−4.79%−5.93%Wide0.66
Wqznz SzSQG5.08%−3.91%11.25%Wide0.98
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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.