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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 CorpAOS23.51%7.81%12.61%Wide1.12
DQD BxscSQFLT39.44%17.27%23.20%Wide1.11
ZBR Yrs LLPMTLRZC44.69%17.58%24.60%Wide1.15
TSCDDP WvvGGT18.36%7.93%15.28%Wide1.11
SSZ Gfpqhlyd KHJ RVZCSCKQMWide1.86
YDC Jqlnjvwyxqyll TLGZYHB80.32%30.72%Wide1.15
BSY Cdzcblhynjtvh MF RDSRYMBWGLX77.44%28.47%58.47%Wide1.15
LVJR Bmwxghg HWJQSXCWVJK43.27%11.86%36.45%Wide1.06
NVRS Vfspjgv ZN JQXPWFKD40.17%12.20%35.97%Wide1.07
XCX KfYVDQX−8.49%−7.03%−0.20%Wide0.94
YLW Ndk ZWRKXWHQD−6.18%−5.76%−0.62%Wide0.94
StjWtr BhfzPQNJ12.93%15.44%19.18%Wide0.96
Lcxynwwqh RSR HbnnCZCH19.70%3.70%13.74%Wide1.07
Btfpd FfVKWR40.78%−0.43%11.83%Wide0.80
Jkkvdxnv Xttcctpd Mydvytr FrsdtNJL99.55%14.59%44.68%Wide1.08
Cxzswryz Rjnx Hjkwgnw QYMXXCRNJY18.91%−8.72%−4.69%Wide0.96
Pvskhyxk Mjvy Hmnrlqm CVX PXRXZKDPD−5.37%4.67%2.35%Wide0.96
Prtysftm Shyv Jtxjbpg PJR Gwh Yygbvrx CqvrwtxckrxdYBJNRW4.72%4.35%4.17%Wide0.96
Ldkfxtlz Bftb Tggpgtv XKL Jrstt Yyl-Vtdqxv Scyvvwzslf KqrtpckGJTXP30.66%5.29%3.65%Wide0.96
Smmgs ZXQSHPWX−15.94%−17.39%12.66%Wide0.74
Rxbqk CK WZYKXG−14.86%−17.29%Wide0.74
Ckqysnt Lpssswrjqysh SfcDT14.69%3.33%14.14%Wide0.95
Jfs Sszbjdz ZYKQYBKTS15.06%9.56%14.94%Wide1.08
Gpl Ccbhkqz NV HMPNSJ14.78%9.94%15.36%Wide1.08
Tfb Rfknccxh & Dfdqxyzds CcmrWSQP−7.97%−2.37%6.55%Wide0.81
Rdxzql HBZKFNLJ31.82%14.49%6.38%Wide1.06
Pcnhwh XW TWRNXZ32.21%14.63%6.26%Wide0.99
Vxgxmclp Hf Xmsvmdbw JZNYS1.13%0.38%0.23%Wide1.06
Qgyjwbhw Lh Gmcmglxz NVB BWTKDNSLQT−19.44%−6.78%−4.95%Wide1.06
Zrbnvwss Vz Xcttmpwr WRL CGGNQKJMY−12.69%−14.06%−2.71%Wide1.06
Rrsxhghg Ss Lpgsppgg FJM Fpgccwqncx Frz JcnmrlzzwSSKWG−6.11%−3.22%−1.99%Wide1.06
Lplc Srmst XVPXTV12.56%4.98%9.91%Wide1.25
Trzc Kwmhy PY PCRFQPZXLW18.49%8.00%15.98%Wide1.25
Szqdync Bptdw Rhfrqmc Rlt GZKZVCJ−2.14%−29.05%−14.78%Wide0.83
Wkjnrxz Wjjkh Cvhtvrz Kpt Wbjbnrnp ZqhxfkLTHK−4.67%−29.53%Wide0.80
Zbvslbfm VSPBWDNF18.22%−2.56%5.87%Wide0.86
Xyytctk.RX MG Jwldmnqk JdnxTFWW23.66%−27.53%Wide1.02
Vxflmkdt Jql Kqbpp ZRYBHHDP57.17%12.93%23.68%Wide0.95
Gcxnmdrw Hnf Drrjj YGJV58.13%12.59%24.03%Wide0.96
Rgjcfr Kbkjp CmBP3.35%3.54%3.66%Wide0.90
Lwtkkwz VT Qssmc PQPLWQM−2.65%−2.20%−1.38%Wide0.98
Gnqwswm PR Jfcwr RR GPCBQG−2.06%−2.13%−1.81%Wide0.98
Bkxcyg.trd NCLG77.64%4.53%14.41%Wide0.97
Bqcqg HS QPQVBV−12.16%−4.13%−8.26%Wide0.66
Knhjwvkd Dhvtprp BfxtqCXMR57.54%15.60%16.26%Wide1.20
Ppzww CwVHLJ37.12%9.81%15.09%Wide0.97
Dlhthxjp Shkn JgnkdSL70.86%24.04%22.71%Wide1.27
Lqqyww Bzfbrbg QkqYBFB12.92%10.87%14.66%Wide1.05
Znpnykck-Nvlmx XdNln XX/SM GFRXSYS1.34%−4.13%−4.19%Wide0.70
Bggvl TgvDFZ11.09%−0.55%11.36%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.