Sentences with phrase «creating moats»

Costco has supply side scale economies of scale that help create its moat, but it is not even the only warehouse club in terms of market share.

Can great management or better business execution create a moat?

Other factors can create moats and sometime it is the combination of factors that produces the barrier to entry.

The five primary factors which can help create a moat, either alone or in combination with other factors, are as follows:

What factors might create a moat for an individual restaurant?

It is that difference which can create a moat for a business.

However, for a private jet company like Netjets, in spite of being in aviation industry, economies of scale can create a moat.

The five primary elements which can help create a moat are as follows: 1.

A business may have factors that may create a moat in the future, but the best test for a moat is in the end mathematical.

Use a large shallow pan like a pie pan with an inch of water in it to create a moat.

As the pressure is dissipated through both the transfer of solids and degassing, subsidence in the area immediately surrounding the PLF (black arrows) creates the moat...

Not exact matches

The longer the relationship lasts, the more of a moat you create around yourself,» Foley says.

«We see investors focused on the widening moat that NFLX is creating with its business (faster subscriber growth on the back of original content push).»

If Netflix's spending on content today creates a lasting moat against competitors, its investment in original content is money well spent.

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If the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance does its job in creating valid brand identity, Ethereum will end up building a formidable moat.

To me, that actually indicates business strength of the sort that supports Morningstar's Wide Moat rating: Grainger is strong enough to create pricing pressure in the market in a bid to squeeze competitors and gain market share.

Sheehan hopes to see plans that integrate the Harriman campus with adjacent neighborhoods, breaking down the barrier created by its moat - like ring roads.

When they took a sediment core from a lake originally created as part of a moat in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, they found centuries» worth of dirt, refuse and pollution particles, with the earliest mud layer dating to 1649.

The event was a virtual field trip, broadcast live from the moat at the Tower of London, amidst the breathtaking art installation created by artist Paul Cummins: «Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red» which features 888,246 ceramic poppies planted in the moat.

To me, that actually indicates business strength of the sort that supports Morningstar's Wide Moat rating: Grainger is strong enough to create pricing pressure in the market in a bid to squeeze competitors and gain market share.

This creates an economic moat that makes it difficult for competitors to match.

Has the company really created a «moat» that protects its profits from competition, or is it trying to fool me?

A brand creates an economic moat ONLY if it increases the consumer's willingness to pay or increases customer captivity.

Individually and collectively, these create what Buffett calls a «moat» — something that gives the company a clear advantage over others and protects it against incursions from the competition.

Iconic brands can often make for solid long - term dividend growth investments, thanks to the wide competitive moats and strong pricing power that are created by brand loyalty.

By becoming the leader in R&D in many sectors and offering efficient products that work, 3M has created a unique economic moat that can't be matched by its competitors.

Despite this fact, Ark Restaurants was able to create an economic moat around its business, and this is evidenced by the returns on equity below.

This creates an incredible economic moat for Praxair, essentially monopolizing one local market at a time.

The best test of whether a moat exists is quantitative, even though the factors that create it are mostly qualitative.

4:25 p.m. — 5:15 p.m. Pat Dorsey Author, Vice Chairman, Director of Research, Sanibel Captiva Trust Topic: «Management and the Moat: How Strategy Creates and Destroys Competitive Advantages»

Of course, the companies were bought to create new moats too, so in that sense they served two purposes (i.e., the acquisitions served both offensive and defensive purposes for Facebook).

First, the ability of the business to create or extend the moat can be underappreciated since the investment thesis is contrarian or not recognized since it involves optionality.

It is important to note that there is a world of difference between creating a new moat than buying an existing one.

Even the fate of the smallest business like a bakery or shoe store will be determined by whether they can create some form of moat.

Second, I expect our value oriented venture capitalist to devote some time to studying the prospect that this startup can create an economic moat around itself.

The water flows gently over the sides of the pool creating a calming waterfall before forming a unique moat effect around the front of the villa and the ground floor rooms.

The sports ball material of choice is domed in the center, but the outer plastic ring, which is used to secure the grip material to the rubber base fitted around the controller's analog stick, creates an edge with sort of a thin moat area in between.

Serra proposed creating a massive new piece for the sunken moat area beneath the Whitney's front walkway.

Cultivating With Cardboard Next, following the contour of the land, the group dug out a pair of swales, or channels, and piled up the topsoil to create a raised bed surrounded by what looked like a small moat that would help capture rainwater runoff.

So BOS is working to create a special reserve for her, a moat - encircled 12 - acre haven near its orangutan rehabilitation center in central Kalimantan on Borneo.