moat
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A company like Netflix might have a bigger moat due to proprietary content and high volumes of daily active users.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Its towering, mostly unbroken face and narrow swimming pool suggested a rampart and a moat, but behind the concrete exterior, Caland eliminated every door save the guest bathroom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Lemonides called DoorDash’s main business “easier” than that of Instacart but also pointed to the latter’s competitive moat.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The SEC’s proposed rule would strengthen the company’s strategic moat, Palmer says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
"A castle...I can see the moat from here...and on the other side, three or four imposing turrets."
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
The transformation is threatening the economic moats of advanced-manufacturing economies such as the European Union, Japan and South Korea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Arya expects that Nvidia’s earnings report in August will show investors that the company still has “its moats in products, pricing and supply chain,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Wall Street demands the deployment of raised capital to build structural moats, giving semiconductor and custom silicon suppliers the most transparent, legally insulated 12-month demand backlogs the industry has ever seen,” he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
VanEck CEO Jan Van Eck argues the memory-chip stocks don’t have competitive moats, and notes their profit explosion is driven by temporary pricing power over sales volumes.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
The industry of Angolans doesn’t subsidize foreigners, or any castles with moats, and their children are likely to get vaccinations and learn to read.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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