moat
Example Sentences
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Spin off the pieces and you destroy the moat.
From MarketWatch
Taking its name from medieval castles, long-term investors dub a dominant company’s ability to maintain its edge a “moat.”
CEO Mike Mahoney came in 15 years ago and transformed the company, moving it into faster-growing areas, making it more innovative, and widening its moat.
From Barron's
Tesla has a data “moat” hiding in plain sight that almost nobody is pricing.
From MarketWatch
The brewing narrative is that artificial-intelligence coding tools will drain the moats that these companies have worked so hard to fill over the past decades.
From Barron's
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