Sentences with word «moat»
A "moat" is a deep and wide ditch that is usually filled with water. It was built around castles or fortresses in the past as a defense strategy to make it difficult for enemies to reach the building. Full definition
This is one of the biggest reasons Warren Buffett doesn't invest in tech companies — it's impossible to even think about what the future economic moat of these companies will be.
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«The companies that are going to be able to withstand this are the ones that have a sort of moat around their businesses,» he said.
But, Quan and I both knew Netflix was cheap and it was going to have a wider moat in 5 years than it did in 2012.
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.
Between the three of you you could after a few weeks put together a list of 40 to 80 companies with moat divided into type of competitive advantage.
To meet Morningstar's criteria for index membership, companies must have a Morningstar Economic Moat rating of narrow or wide and have a Morningstar Distance to Default score in the top 50 % of eligible dividend - paying companies.
For this reason, in my book on Charlie Munger I put the material on moats in an appendix since I feared readers would bog down and not focus on the more important points such as making investment and other decisions in life.
It's rare to find a retailer or consumer service firm that maintains any kind of economic moat for more than a few years.
Built in 1638, it is surrounded by moats fed by the Yamuna River.
If you aren't already familiar with my blog, Fat Pitch Financials, it is a value investing blog with a focus on wide moat companies selling at substantial discounts and Graham style workouts.
After all, such consistent growth generally requires that a company operate in a stable, growing, and wide moat business.
I think after weighing the pros and cons, I'm going with buying US Wide Moat Stocks with my lump sums of money.
If successful across both indications, this experimental drug should easily generate billions in sales and sport a rock - solid competitive moat as the only telomerase inhibitor on the market.
Morningstar awards Lazard a Narrow Moat rating.
Surface fires are the easiest to put out, with firefighters creating moats or breaks to keep the fire from spreading and then smothering it in a nonflammable material, most often clay.
In this insightful presentation, nationally recognized literacy expert Dr. Louisa Moats explores why this problem exists and what administrators and teachers can do to help students achieve greater success.
As such, we expect that even as states such as Connecticut, Maine and Michigan retreat into the past and build moats around their utilities, that other states will consider similar mandates.
I found Tweedy & Browne emphasis on buying numerous group of bargain securities easier compared to buying selected few companies with strong moat at fair prices as emphasized by Warren Buffet [But gradually over last few months I am moving towards concentrated portfolio with a mix of both quality companies & special situations].
Many canals are the original moats surrounding the Citadel.
Outfielders would dive onto bullpen carts and fall into moats.
In short, not only is it a «cash - gushing powerhouse with thick, consistent profit margins and a huge competitive moat around its business»... but it pays an above average yield and a dividend that's steadily - growing.
It's become fashionable to talk about moats in investing as an analogy for sustainable competitive advantages.
These S&P Dividend Aristocrats are large businesses across all the major industry groupings, but they have one thing in common, a large moat with a huge brand that has allowed them to continue profitable operations spanning decades.
The ironING lady: «Cost - conscious Margaret Thatcher offered to pay for an ironing board for No 10 after becoming PM... She insisted on using her own household items because she feared political enemies might spark an expenses row over refurbishment work... Her prudent attitude is in contrast to MPs» claims for items like moat cleaning that shocked Britain in the expenses scandal in 2009.»
«The 10,000 members who joined the party in the immediate aftermath of election disaster are the type of people who donate money to save mangy bears tethered to stakes in castle moats as a tourist attraction.
What follows is a classic quest adventure, you know, spooky old castle, lava - filled moat, fire - breathing dragon and damsel in distress, but don» t be fooled.
A recent scandal in Britain revealed MPs to be expensing everything from moat cleaning to soft - core porn rentals.
Yesterday Sleaford and North Hykeham MP and former Cabinet Minister Douglas Hogg announced he would be standing down at the next general election in the wake of the furore over his expenses claims for - among other things - moat cleaning.
And that's precisely why you need to have those five forces described by Porter on a checklist on moat investing.
Verizon's wireless network, technical know - how, and strong brand image provide an economic moat against competitors.
I do believe that the market under - appreciates certain companies that have really strong moats because often times this durability allows for the company's runway to last longer than many expect.
Dr. Moats received her doctorate in reading and human development at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and has served as an adjunct professor of psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School.
«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).»
In fact, according to the most recent Moat report, only 37 percent of mobile ads are in view and only 28 percent are fully on screen for more than one second.
Cut to me standing at the top of a lovely hill on the Italian countryside with a brand new moat of bodies at its base.
That may be because they have not played together enough times to work put any jinks in the combo, that is why moat of us have been saying he should have been starting games ages ago....
We could get exposure to these types of equities through a systematic index like the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index and Elements Morningstar WideMoat Focus ETF (WMW).
We have gotten together for the last three weeks to discuss the practice of investing, primarily in the Buffett / Munger framework with an emphasis on Moats more so than the Graham / Dodd cigar butts.
The Last Siege, published in October 2006, tells the tale of a chance encounter on the snowy slopes of a castle moat which throws together three lonely teenagers whose playful dares turn into a frenzy of nightmarish action when a re-enactment of a castle siege becomes very real.
There really is no enduring moat in this race; just look at the broadcast networks!
Moat sold for more than $ 850 million, Recode reported.
Sometimes you will hear a knucklehead say moats don't matter since all that matters is delivering better customer value via execution of a plan.
Secondly, I see you tend to remove R&D, Advertising, and other moat building accounting expenses which Buffett does too and it makes sense.
Meanwhile, Frontier's interest in maintaining monopolistic moats became much larger following its troubled takeover of former Verizon fiber - optic networks in California, Florida, and Texas earlier this year.