The other wide moat factor is the name brand, which is highly important to industry consumers, who have historically proven to be less price sensitive and very brand loyal.
Not exact matches
If on the
other hand, you focus on finding «
wide -
moat» companies and holding them over the long - term this book will help you value companies better.
A
wide moat is just a concept and an opinion, but I do think they have advantages over
others.
Most knowledgeable dividend investors would not touch NLY simply because of how they earn the high yield (purchasing mortgages and
other high risk securities)-- which does not have the characteristics of a
wide economic
moat.
The
other kind of value investor is the Warren Buffett /
wide moat / qualitative value investor.
That said, I think books that help frame this question and focus the analysis are: «Competition Demystified» (Greenwald), «The Little Book that Builds Wealth» (Dorsey), and «Hidden Champions» (Simon), help show what makes a business superior to
others (the
moat) and how
wide / long a competitive advantage may be.
The quality factor is often durable over the long - term and its hallmarks include dividend - paying companies, firms with sound balance sheets and / or impressive cash flow generation, and
wide -
moat companies, among
other traits.