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moat

[moht] / moʊt /
NOUN
ditch
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Those are stocks with durable competitive moats, high return on invested capital, shareholder-friendly management and room to reinvest some of their cash for future growth.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's got no moat but it has got a little railway I can drive around," he said.

From BBC

The tilted-over towers overlooking the palace moat have all been brought back upright, and workers are building new brick castellations for their supporting ramparts.

From Barron's

Media companies long ago lost that kind of pricing power, which Buffett likes to call a “moat.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The company’s thesis is that AI agents will buy Microsoft seats en masse, and that its Fabric data analytics platform gives it an additional moat.

From The Wall Street Journal