Stocks with Strong Intangible Assets

Intangible assets are moats you cannot photograph: brands that command price premiums, patent portfolios that legally exclude competitors, and regulatory licenses or approvals that take rivals years and fortunes to obtain. A luxury brand lets a company charge multiples of manufacturing cost; a drug patent grants a legal monopoly for a decade or more; a banking charter or aerospace certification keeps the field of competitors permanently small.

The test for a brand moat is pricing power, not recognition — plenty of famous brands cannot charge a premium, which makes them marketing assets rather than moats. MoatScan’s AI scores the intangible assets pillar from 0 to 10 by looking for evidence that the intangibles actually convert into economics: sustained premium pricing, gross margins above peers, patent cliffs and their timing, and the regulatory barriers protecting the franchise. Companies below score at least 7 out of 10.

Intangible moats age differently: strong brands can compound for a century, while patents expire on a schedule you can look up. The linked analyses break out exactly which intangibles drive each rating and how durable the AI judges them to be, alongside the overall Moat Score and fair value estimate.