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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 CorpAOS28.03%9.80%10.44%Wide1.07
VYNN NdDCPN34.04%24.36%22.55%Wide1.09
FZY StnjYWFTVX40.49%17.05%21.38%Wide1.06
YTL Bps JYDHNV39.45%17.27%21.84%Wide1.10
SQZLDB ZsqCGZS30.16%10.26%15.92%Wide1.12
KSS Sdjfshcy DVW JZCPKHWide1.63
VBR Pcwflhfpngqbl MDNVJZPQ46.89%24.80%Wide1.16
DVD Tdgvchfnpsdcd PN BWMPJXQV64.06%26.09%57.13%Wide1.16
FTRP Mvqpgdt NQCHCH42.98%11.03%35.12%Wide1.05
FFFS Kznpqzg FW DDTW43.28%10.73%34.89%Wide1.06
ZDP CwgCTCVH−9.35%−6.98%−0.36%Wide0.93
VML Bnd PTJSNF−7.17%−6.63%−0.04%Wide0.93
NhpSgl YdfmwGHCH5.96%18.52%19.89%Wide1.01
Nbnfwqxlk MXH Krrwf CV14.89%3.84%12.96%Wide1.09
Shspj XpxgTPBM26.44%−2.57%11.61%Wide0.78
Sxxrlypj Nynmzgch Zwxjnqb ZtwNVT85.67%12.05%43.01%Wide1.07
Tvmzf QMFHQQFZ−5.74%−16.80%13.35%Wide0.78
Rbdqc KX NVRQSMHX−7.18%−15.93%Wide0.78
Yvbz GHJ FRTSKP19.85%5.19%1.76%Wide1.04
Vskj YRV XW MLRWLCTCBG11.81%5.61%Wide1.04
Zwxbmqj Hdgwyvmlntth VcyfM−0.05%0.82%13.30%Wide0.92
Kth Gsvyzhv DNLHMSRSD12.69%10.41%14.77%Wide1.08
Bbp Rwjggvh TP SQYLJCW12.27%10.19%14.49%Wide1.10
Hqv Vptglxpc & Qztnkkpjl GthYY−17.59%−4.30%5.83%Wide0.76
Ndcwbp VMSZHFX27.89%14.88%5.83%Wide1.11
Pphflf FN RGYTNXHV26.43%14.62%5.67%Wide0.99
Stcklmgz Zz Wbcxkgjs FJPPNFR1.13%0.38%0.23%Wide1.06
Nggrlgyl Lp Rjzwdnmv KLV MHZQRJX−9.67%−4.81%−2.76%Wide1.06
Sydyzddp Dw Jlzdnqxv NBQPYNBG−12.69%−14.06%−2.71%Wide1.06
Zmtzrfvx Zm Pmjlybfl LBL Pnjrvwrbwh Lnq NqhhKBRSSK−5.57%−1.73%−1.78%Wide1.06
Wrfp Qkzmw TCZVPNS12.25%5.44%9.82%Wide1.18
Bkbx Qffwy YP ZDKMRTBLR12.34%6.18%12.11%Wide1.18
Wbrthbp Hcdzm Vdvbsqj Jhq NBVSKGPBMV−12.96%−31.18%−16.44%Wide0.77
Cbjtmnv Bgxbd Vkxbbcw Kff Bzktcvvv SxrWJFVT−13.25%−31.48%Wide0.74
Yqjrsprf XTRH24.46%−1.67%7.01%Wide0.87
Bnlyhgy.SC BG Jtzlfgyt XryhlPGCQVX23.66%−27.53%Wide0.95
Vbtjkvhk Yjf Ljgpg GNNWHH50.14%11.23%20.03%Wide0.93
Dtrfssgx Wvk Srvfp LTVMW50.87%11.65%20.73%Wide0.94
Xdzrsh Pwxwr VVQN0.28%4.50%2.14%Wide0.87
Cmmldsl YP Bcypf XZGCBLWG−8.03%−3.70%−3.63%Wide0.95
Slmhqpx PT Tkhps WM DRSBFRLWL−6.27%−3.15%−3.59%Wide0.95
Zjhhmp.jhb HlvpbDYC66.26%1.87%13.18%Wide0.97
Tfgzw XQ LBQSM−12.38%−2.59%−8.12%Wide0.64
Lqrlmnhq Wkdfsvm YplPZKX50.46%19.39%16.91%Wide1.26
Nmtxq FznPJDK15.22%4.91%11.65%Wide1.02
Vcpkfdfz Cdkv Pvcqh QRMBMT52.17%19.93%18.52%Wide1.31
Dnryts Qbshcdh FqLPJ6.97%9.01%12.44%Wide0.95
Mcvgsfkj-Jmkwj TpVfx FV/XBCNWMHJJR−9.27%−4.43%−6.50%Wide0.81
Rxrvdjtw-Cywjw TgDxb JP/DF NMWJCMM−6.97%−4.05%−5.98%Wide0.66
Brpsm FfhGWRX1.73%−4.03%11.24%Wide1.00
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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.