VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF·Financial Services
VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus IndexSM (MWMFTR), which is intended to track the overall performance of attractively priced companies with sustainable competitive advantages according to Morningstar's equity research team.
Financial Services
Asset Management
2012-04-25
1.07
Market Peers

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) has under performed compared to VOO over the last few years. MOAT's sector concentration and lack of exposure to Energy, Basic Materials, and Utilities create significant blind spots, amid current macro risks. Questionable wide-moat designations for holdings, like Adobe, ServiceNow, and Nike, raise concerns about MOAT's selection methodology and risk to AI disruption.

The Moat Index added NVIDIA, Broadcom and new names following its quarterly review, as tech dislocations created opportunity, while maintaining a value tilt and notable discount to fair value. Key Takeaways Moat Index is opportunistically accumulating tech names including NVIDIA and Broadcom.

The VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) made its debut on 04/24/2012, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund that provides broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap Blend category of the market.

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (NYSEARCA:MOAT) is down about 7% so far in 2026, yet it has returned roughly 9% over the past year and 259% over the past decade.

Looking for broad exposure to the Large Cap Blend segment of the US equity market? You should consider the VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT), a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on April 24, 2012.

With the S&P going flat for nearly two quarters and recently slipping just north of 3% from its highs, the market certainly feels “toppy,” and the negative headlines predicting some sort of near-term pullback are starting to feel more realistic.