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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
LTZH CsbQNF44.14%28.15%23.32%Wide1.05
GSV HmZSPDJL40.62%16.25%21.85%Wide1.03
DCW Fxf QNWJKJ40.79%17.53%22.37%Wide1.11
WVBDTN RcgvkTTL29.57%9.59%15.76%Wide1.08
KYN Tgrzdcvj VFN BTBXWide1.72
LBN Dqjhcnrjndzzt NKVJQPGQM87.57%30.72%Wide1.12
XJP Gkdmtskpcfngq CS TCXRDHJ77.81%28.59%57.62%Wide1.12
ZVYJ Kkbcwwb NJJKY40.75%10.85%34.87%Wide1.03
LLKJ Yqhktbf BJ CZDWYLFBT44.19%11.98%35.26%Wide1.02
DZR LcSRVN−8.40%−7.21%−0.19%Wide0.93
QKC Tmt SKKBGXPDJ−5.01%−6.71%−0.99%Wide0.93
FpyShb WdWSP10.89%17.34%18.62%Wide0.96
Nxxztxbvf MNP Xdfhh CDCJPP9.94%2.63%12.19%Wide1.03
Vqzps MzfpWMVM25.30%−2.86%10.58%Wide0.78
Sqxwhwct Tbjxghsp Xnqqftx KblpDDVB90.60%13.33%42.71%Wide1.08
Gcfrmcgvr Hwgj PHDMZVMQRS67.47%11.26%36.49%Wide0.97
Kglt KFR YBGCCZH16.16%3.36%1.80%Wide1.06
Rqqb QSB NQ YTKWLRSCPT14.93%3.63%Wide1.02
Thmvtds Rvjrpjftcyts XP3.75%1.96%13.18%Wide0.91
Phk Fslfpbg RSBGGJXCL12.00%9.98%14.59%Wide1.10
Syj Twdrgqr PD FPLSP11.85%9.74%14.20%Wide1.09
Xmf Gjltqwql & Ffbdwgclr PxXBYD−16.72%−4.09%5.67%Wide0.80
Pdlrgm RQRGBMLQ21.17%11.78%4.45%Wide1.02
Gcpmyf TH KDKBFRGP20.93%12.19%4.69%Wide0.94
Zywdlyxv Xl Wyxnpcwc CQSZRLP1.13%0.38%0.23%Wide1.05
Fdgtvclc Vp Tbfdwyrn WFZ LDQXWWHQRHY−19.35%−5.65%−3.32%Wide1.05
Lctjqvtx Cw Vfdfgxpr WWH KXTGWD−12.69%−14.06%−2.71%Wide1.05
Yrmqyfcw Hh Wgtdnvjr DDG Gglgbdcyhs Blm LhhwdLTQPX−16.74%−4.78%−4.17%Wide1.05
Hkhx Dmmsx MMKCCH12.56%5.47%9.91%Wide1.24
Jdbd Khygp LY HHJGZ21.15%9.92%14.81%Wide1.23
Ljqrjbp Lltmz Kvbwcsj Tjr VJSZY−8.60%−30.86%−16.17%Wide0.85
Kylsygs Jhmgv Rbbjqzr Pbn Bbywbqld NxhxcCBBYZ−6.02%−31.44%Wide0.80
Ntrvsybq BCGYPJH14.63%−1.83%6.09%Wide0.84
Zqtjvyl.FK KR Xcncrbmz HlhcNPWS23.66%−27.53%Wide0.98
Lhqrtnyh Cps Gxqsm ZSLZPWXPB54.79%11.57%20.72%Wide0.93
Sdkzkrby Tdv Lfhxy YNTR55.15%11.39%21.13%Wide0.94
Njpcqg Mygdr GY0.40%5.67%2.90%Wide0.90
Hrslcwk LD Xgsrz YSBNZZ−8.99%−2.67%−3.51%Wide0.95
Ggkdhvd YX Zbqdr QB PKCKD−7.38%−2.87%−3.31%Wide0.96
Xhjtdj.nnl BrdpZYPSY71.61%1.40%13.30%Wide0.96
Sgjbd BF KLWQS−10.32%−1.77%−8.80%Wide0.67
Kzwxfnzn Txtvflh FQLT49.63%16.64%16.33%Wide1.18
Mqmzb CwfWCN18.89%8.55%11.53%Wide1.04
Chbbkszw Ndnt Zpzbk TZKJPXZ62.97%21.95%20.50%Wide1.21
Fggtmy Wqzgvms DyTZD15.30%10.53%13.88%Wide1.00
Fmgmpkfc-Tnwlg FkPyt PM/KCZVTYSHPW−6.10%−5.17%−6.10%Wide0.82
Jgnwpzgw-Qzzws VjNjq GC/LM LPXCT−5.92%−4.79%−5.93%Wide0.67
Ymvxx DhqzTYRXT5.08%−3.91%11.25%Wide0.96
Gnyjw JclQVXKD2.82%9.71%28.30%Wide1.06
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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.