Sentences with phrase «moat in»

What's more, the bank says that the social network's changes in response to the scandal so far — like shutting down use of third - party data for ad targeting — will help strengthen its moat in the style of other tech giants.

While this new technology is still developing, one thing is becoming apparent: Alexa is strengthening Amazon's moat in nuanced ways.

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.

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.

This isn't a super cheap value stock by any means, but as a very obvious leader in the space, with a moat in the form of unmatched distribution, long - term shareholders are unlikely to frown at the company's performance over the long haul.

There really is no enduring moat in this race; just look at the broadcast networks!

With a P / E ratio below its historic norm and a massive moat in telecom, I like the company's chances.

Are they doing things that will increase the size of the business's moat in the long run or are they doing the reverse?

Last I checked, Facebook still had an unassailable moat in its particular niche of the social media world, which consist of photo sharing and social networking.

When Jamal goes into the moat in pursuit of a golden medallion, he surfaces from a fetid stew in a never - never land where the plain protagonist becomes the keystone in a kingdom - wide intrigue.

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.

Wind vortices blowing across the crater slowly formed a radial moat in the sediment, eventually leaving only the off - center Mount Sharp, a 3 - mile - high peak similar in height to the rim of the crater.

The former agriculture minister made perhaps the most infamous expenses claim when he put in a bill which included the cleaning of his moat in his country estate, and was awarded the dubious honour of being the first MP to step down over the scandal.

This model gives them a huge moat in the space of talent acquisition, growth and headhunting.

After all, this is business with a wide economic moat in a «winner take all» industry.

Other athletes use their dogs to erect stockades, garrisons, barbed - wire fences, moats in which the dogs themselves serve as the alligators... and some athletes, like Kenny Norman of the Atlanta Hawks, assign their dogs the intricate task of enforcing a policy of exclusion while at the same time setting the standard for admission.

-LSB-...] talking about the important concept of economic moats in the first part of his interview, Prof. Bakshi talks about his thoughts on valuations, mental models, -LSB-...]

After talking about the important concept of economic moats in the first part of his interview, in this second and concluding part, Prof. Bakshi talks about his thoughts on valuations, mental models, diversification, checklists, and why you must buy great businesses for the long term.

It's become fashionable to talk about moats in investing as an analogy for sustainable competitive advantages.

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.

Dividend Tree presents Dividend Investing and Businesses with Moat posted at Dividend Tree, saying, «In general, companies with moats in their business are very good dividend growth providers.

You keep believing that there's a «conservative» case for this widening of economic moats in favor of entrenched interests.

Not exact matches

LiveJournal was an early - mover in the blog category, built a small but indefensible moat based on users, and was eventually overtaken by better - funded, better - architected rivals like Blogger and WordPress.

The best way to protect against that, Woodman says, is to build a moat around the company in the form of its content ecosystem.

«It's like when Warren Buffett talks about investing in companies with a large moat — that's what Latin American investors are trying to do,» says Colmenares.

In fact, by investing in its own fleet, Uber will have done exactly the thing Justin Fox knocks it for not doing now: spending its billions on something that represents a meaningful defensive moat to would - be competitorIn fact, by investing in its own fleet, Uber will have done exactly the thing Justin Fox knocks it for not doing now: spending its billions on something that represents a meaningful defensive moat to would - be competitorin its own fleet, Uber will have done exactly the thing Justin Fox knocks it for not doing now: spending its billions on something that represents a meaningful defensive moat to would - be competitors.

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.

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 seconIn 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 seconin view and only 28 percent are fully on screen for more than one second.

«Investments in mobile search, mobile cloud, location - based services and consumer produces like mobile games are helping to build a moat around Baidu's business.»

Learn the number of wide moat stocks and Gold rated funds that are currently in your portfolio.

Warren Buffett buys investments with «economic moats» in order to earn safer, higher returns.

Dividend Growth Investing is an income strategy of investing in companies that have a barrier to entry (large moat) and consistent history of increasing dividends by a rate higher than inflation.

Brookfield also has such a huge economic moat — their expertise in the management of real assets has led to a substantial competitive advantage.

He is in search of the protective «moat» that shelters Buffett's creation from competitors seeking to increase their market shares.

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.

I thought I'd share that letter here: Saber Capital Investor Note: «Most Important Moat» (6/13/2017) In the note, I outline why I think that when you're evaluating the durability of a company's moat, it's critically important to consider the value of a company's product from the customer's perspectMoat» (6/13/2017) In the note, I outline why I think that when you're evaluating the durability of a company's moat, it's critically important to consider the value of a company's product from the customer's perspectmoat, it's critically important to consider the value of a company's product from the customer's perspective.

In reality, heavily spending on digital content is likely no more of a competitive moat than that possessed by any linear business that's dependent on investing in fast - depreciating assetIn reality, heavily spending on digital content is likely no more of a competitive moat than that possessed by any linear business that's dependent on investing in fast - depreciating assetin fast - depreciating assets.

In this suggestion, it's again often compared to the competitive moats enjoyed by fellow FANG companies Facebook and Google.

The company's drop in margins made us slash our estimates for the year and diminish our overall thesis, as it was one of the first signs that the company's niche economic moat is penetrable.

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

It builds a big moat around ESPN in terms of competition.

The no - moat firm, in this example, is generating more value for shareholders than the firm with sustainable and durable competitive advantages.

You better have a strong a moat, and a knight in that castle that knows what he's doing» Warren Buffett

The problem with using solely an economic moat framework to assess businesses becomes readily apparent in the above example.

Moat versus No - Moat: In this hypothetical example, a moaty firm's operations are more stable — generating more sustainable and durable economic profits into the future (slowly fading blue curve).

In this particular example, however, the moaty firm's total economic value creation (area of blue curve), in absolute and in present value terms, is significantly less than that of the no - moat firm (area of red curve), as calculateIn this particular example, however, the moaty firm's total economic value creation (area of blue curve), in absolute and in present value terms, is significantly less than that of the no - moat firm (area of red curve), as calculatein absolute and in present value terms, is significantly less than that of the no - moat firm (area of red curve), as calculatein present value terms, is significantly less than that of the no - moat firm (area of red curve), as calculated.

In present value terms, the moaty firm generates less than half the economic profit of the no - moat company.

The bitcoin moat is being built even wider by Bitcoin Lightning Network, which was released this week both increasing speed and resulting in dramatically lower fees.

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

- An economic moat is the advantage one business has over others in its field.