moat
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“When you become the biggest stock in the world, there’s a target on your back from people trying to chip away at your moat, and I think that’s part of what we’re seeing.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Regulation typically hurts upstarts, so OpenAI may be hoping to build a regulatory moat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
FRANKFURT—For decades, thousands of niche, world-class manufacturers that form the backbone of the German economy relied on an unassailable moat: unmatched quality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
"This gives them profitability that helps to produce a moat between them and smaller firms" who cannot maintain the same level of spending and research investment, he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The man on the other side of the moat was Unde Dap.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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
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
Rakhlenko wrote that this further raises questions around share loss and Tractor Supply’s business moats.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
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 ● Mar. 31, 2026
This isn't a pretend quest, or making houses into castles or swimming pools into moats.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
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