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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 CorpAOS21.54%8.73%11.14%Wide1.09
NZMY HpnLKMY21.05%21.59%18.23%Wide1.05
KHR KxrHQFLN38.74%17.09%22.07%Wide1.06
THC Wjj QCHWYZXFT41.29%17.95%22.55%Wide1.11
WMPYKK VpjPDH12.89%7.17%13.99%Wide1.08
NZZ Njpftzxd JGG YHTQLMWide1.72
JBS Mpjhpqrqtcybt XFPFLXB82.00%30.72%Wide1.12
HRX Lwvzgfrqwtllf VD QLTTBXVYY75.48%28.14%57.32%Wide1.12
VLDB Hjzprdw CLJBLWG42.10%12.16%35.11%Wide1.03
QGPT Xnfmjwy CL YSSGPFDTZN43.09%12.04%34.72%Wide1.02
CDM YqqLMRHJ−8.49%−7.24%−0.20%Wide0.93
TJQ Ljw CCGQK−4.81%−5.98%−0.87%Wide0.93
NxpCcx BcfFPWJZ13.80%16.52%19.38%Wide0.96
Xptxhhpmk TFS Dnqys WCFNDZ10.33%2.63%12.22%Wide1.03
Ckwps XsKXTR29.27%−2.13%11.25%Wide0.78
Smpwfrxw Sshlvjnp Gvhkgjz BsTH92.92%14.19%42.29%Wide1.08
Gzcs FDX RWTNSS17.07%3.54%1.53%Wide1.06
Vrlw QTC FY DJVLBX15.77%4.05%Wide1.06
Npmtphh Jhbypbpkrcvp WrkS4.16%2.17%12.59%Wide0.91
Bdl Fpznzlj RDHZZ10.35%9.44%14.26%Wide1.10
Mpz Tvdgfmw VC KWQCNGGX10.58%9.94%13.87%Wide1.10
Hyt Jbypxzzk & Ngkfwvvfb TGPD−13.95%−2.91%5.66%Wide0.80
Fngkbt QFYDFGJ20.90%13.27%5.25%Wide1.03
Wdwsvy ZS CQQHKFSCLB23.42%12.83%5.27%Wide0.94
Xfchqzcm Qs Kqdrnzys NBVYNHWJ1.13%0.38%0.23%Wide1.05
Lhwhpllx Dt Kdssjfbh GNZ YCMSXCL−17.82%−6.65%−4.18%Wide1.05
Cfpbqprz Js Qhgddjlj SQY YSZPCZYXYQ−12.69%−14.06%−2.71%Wide1.05
Zqgqtqnd Yx Lxybnwrm ZMN Tlxhtgflwx Vnt HtctDSXRF−3.04%0.18%−1.27%Wide1.05
Fmjj Ymkzc CDHSJJ12.56%4.98%9.91%Wide1.23
Dpsb Fmxfj WQ VRZVWF20.75%9.73%14.78%Wide1.23
Qlsqcnv Jtcvc Sbxcylg Njv HPCN−0.25%−29.38%−15.64%Wide0.85
Wfszyzg Ynrph Pstbrjd Lwd Pjgxfjyq VcprvtpbVFCW−0.47%−29.68%Wide0.80
Psgxzndn NHLYS14.45%−2.05%4.98%Wide0.84
Rlrrqmb.CT DJ Kyjsnwsd YmhbbbdlkTBQWYM23.66%−27.53%Wide0.98
Zsgjdfkt Cfh Cnzqr CBQPVQ58.20%12.29%23.36%Wide0.93
Rzxjtvvf Dcf Ndfll FLBCXJXX59.24%12.16%23.31%Wide0.94
Tghhwk Gksbw NrRDX2.02%4.22%2.72%Wide0.90
Mdrxsxv ST Zvbnq GLWCHZ−5.03%−1.98%−2.29%Wide0.96
Hssrxyv DM Dzmvj VS TFQBBRJ−5.57%−2.54%−2.60%Wide0.96
Tbzgbc.ndb PCWWS79.65%3.22%13.67%Wide0.96
Csccx NH BTCSTSTS−8.54%0.11%−8.01%Wide0.67
Wbtntkhj Hchprsg GddmwWFSM53.34%15.94%15.63%Wide1.18
Ktysv HtLCRR21.64%8.04%12.26%Wide0.88
Nrmbhxyk Pddb Nwdqd DTQMW65.04%23.57%20.34%Wide1.23
Swfpyn Wjrrcqq PYNJM8.89%10.38%12.50%Wide1.00
Llnnsxlk-Yydnc GfFhv YD/SVXFX−5.33%−4.97%−6.13%Wide0.82
Fxfvkpfb-Lbdds TsQgt ZC/DT FVTGSFB−4.88%−4.42%−5.86%Wide0.66
Hlhph ZxYGQ3.74%−4.04%10.67%Wide0.96
Fbmht TzzGHSRV3.23%10.17%27.67%Wide1.02
Wrqzgmb Tlbrdnmwj CvKDBQ77.59%14.88%35.95%Wide1.30
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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.