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Wide Moat ETF Has Some Affordable Stocks

Tom LydonApr 04, 2022
2022-04-04

Wide moat equities aren’t always cheap. That’s simply the price of admission when it comes to embracing companies with robust competitive advantages.

However, there are avenues for investors to get in on the wide moat game at compelling valuations. Enter the VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT A-). The $7.2 billion MOAT tracks the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index, which was recently rebalanced. That reconstitution resulted in the addition of 11 stocks and the removal of 11 others.

Asset managers and software providers are among the industries with multiple components that recently joined MOAT’s underlying index. Those additions include Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) and ServiceNow (NOW).

“ServiceNow (NOW) not only earns a wide moat rating but boasts a positive moat trend, too. We think the company has done an exceptional job of expanding beyond its software-as-a-service solution for IT service management into the larger IT operations management market,” writes Morningstar’s Susan Dziubinski, citing analyst Dan Romanoff.

ServiceNow and Adobe combine for 3.44% of MOAT’s roster. The asset managers that have been added to the ETF’s portfolio are BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) and T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ:TROW). Those stocks combine for 2.61% of MOAT’s roster.

“T. Rowe Price meanwhile, remains the best-positioned active asset manager we cover in the United States, he argues. The size and scale of the firm’s operations, the strength of its brands, consistent outperformance, and reasonable fees give it an edge,” adds Dziubinski.

One of the aims of MOAT’s index is to deliver a basket of wide moat stocks trading at attractive valuations. To that end, it might surprise some investors that some internet retailers recently joined the MOAT fold, but Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) did just that.

“MercadoLibre is a one-stop e-commerce solution for Latin American buyers and sellers. Customer expectations for quicker shipping times and increased fulfillment penetration should make the firm’s services all but irreplaceable,” notes Dziubinski, citing analyst Sean Dunlop.

Among the other stocks added to MOAT’s index are Dow component 3M (NYSE:MMM) and Ecolab (NYSE:ECL). Removals include Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-B) and tobacco giant Altria (NYSE:MO). All of the removals attained that status by failing Morningstar’s price/fair value screen

Among the 10 cheapest stocks in MOAT’s index as of March 24 are Adobe, Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB), Compass Minerals (NYSE:CMP), Equifax (NYSE:EFX), Etsy, and Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), among others.

For more news, information, and strategy, visit the Beyond Basic Beta Channel.

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