VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF

MOAT

Market cap $12B

A “sleep at night” portfolio does not need to be complicated, in fact, the three ETFs covered here represent three distinct philosophies for owning US equities, and together they create a diversified core that has held up through every major market event of the past decade.

Warren Buffett built his fortune by buying businesses with durable competitive advantages at reasonable prices and holding them for decades.

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.

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VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF is downgraded from buy to hold due to lagging performance and less compelling valuation. MOAT underperformed the S&P 500 YTD, hindered by underweights in Energy and Materials and a value/mid-cap tilt. The ETF's technicals are weak, with shares below the 50-day moving average and RSI near multi-month lows, raising near-term downside risk.