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moat-audit

Tests whether a competitive advantage exists using observables rather than adjectives. Five sources scored on evidence, plus the pricing test: did margin hold through the last cost shock?

Deep researchStage 3 Forty-five minutes.

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Reach for it when

  • Someone said a company has a moat and you want to know if it is true
  • You need to know what would show erosion first
  • Before believing a premium multiple
Needs first
Filings, and ideally a cost shock in the history to test against.
Leaves behind
A score per source, a trend (widening, stable, narrowing), and the one observable that erodes first.
Takes about
Forty-five minutes.
Will not
Let an adjective through without a number or a dated event behind it.

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