The phrase
"wide moat" refers to a strong competitive advantage that a company possesses, making it difficult for competitors to enter and succeed in the same market. It is a metaphorical way of saying that the company has built a protective barrier around its business that gives it a long-lasting advantage over others.
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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.
I think after weighing the pros and cons, I'm going with buying US
Wide Moat Stocks with my lump sums of money.
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.
Phase 2 grades from Phase 1 to Phase 3,
with wide moat companies having a transition period of 20 years, narrow moat companies 15 years, and «no moat» companies a lesser amount.
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 special situations.
After acknowledging some of the issues facing Cardinal Health and its competitors, Morningstar highlighted Cardinal Health's
wide moat as follows:
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).
These were the companies selected —
Morningstar Wide Moat, 5 % Free Cash Flow Yield, Less than 20 % above the 52 - week low.
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US Wide Moat Stocks Pros) I can ensure each purchase is under - valued in terms of absolute value, so I can avoid over-paying.
After all, such consistent growth generally requires that a company operate in a stable, growing, and
wide moat business.
The reason for this statement is, that while Buffett really looks at the fundamentals of a company like Graham discusses in - depth, he also leverages Scuttlebutt and
like wide moats like Fischer discusses.
Apache Corporation (APA) was the first stock that appeared in the list of
potential wide moat stocks that I plan on
Building and
sustaining wide moats is the only way that companies can produce such reliable track records that they can pay growing annual dividends to investors consecutively without fail for decades.
Fear, panic and forced selling appears to be irrationally hammering the stock of this world
class wide moat company.
I am also exposed to much
more wide moat stocks than is available in terms of proportion or absolute number in the Hang Seng Index
I already know your love for this business model and its
extreme wide moat aspect so I guess it's no surprise that this buy came in so early.
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.
Wide moat industrial stocks, such as defense contractor Lockheed Martin (LMT), often make excellent long - term dividend growth stocks.
As the largest defense contractor in the world, Lockheed Martin enjoys substantial competitive advantages in numerous highly specialized and
wide moat industries.
In order to earn a narrow or
wide moat rating, a company must have «the prospect of earning above average returns on capital, and some competitive edge that prevents these returns from quickly eroding.»
He likes firms that have
wide moats around their businesses which they can use to fend off competitors.
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 Benjamin Graham style workouts.
Last week I cranked out a series of posts listing
potential wide moat stocks I discovered using a screen based
(
US Wide Moat Stocks Cons) I don't have enough capital to have great diversification for a formulaic based investing, so I will be bearing diversification risk.
Learn the number of
wide moat stocks and Gold rated funds that are currently in your portfolio.
They live in a prison of fear of what might happen, building
a wide moat of protection around themselves and their money.
I much prefer to make the first cut according to whether a company has
a wide moat as the time is unlikely to be wasted.»
• Well - run, high quality company with strong brands and
wide moat.
I admire Digital Realty Trust due to their strong balance sheet (BBB / Baa2 credit ratings), history of dividend growth, and
the wide moat management has created with their business model.
• High quality company with a solid business model,
wide moat, and excellent credit rating.
Morningstar, which rates companies based on an assessment of the quality of their moat, only assigns
a Wide Moat rating (their top rating) to 10 % of the companies they cover.
However, until 2015 they rated the company as having
a Wide Moat.
Morningstar awards Grainger
a Wide Moat rating.
But if interest rates increase, it'll be
a wide moat stock on a trajectory to return an excellent 10 % a year.
But, if you can figure out that a business is durable, good, has
a wide moat, etc. from something (a 10 - K) that most investors don't even read — that's even better.
It's always good to know whether a business is durable, good, has
a wide moat, etc..
Completely agree, its tough to see 10 yrs down now but, it holds promise due to movement towards mobility and FB developing
a wide moat around it, we'll see.
They have a couple competitors that also have
wide moats.
The investment seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Morningstar
Wide Moat Focus IndexSM (the Wide Moat Focus Index).
In relation to retirement accounts,
the wide moat of the Woolly Mammoth parallels the wide economic moat of a $ 10 million dollar investment portfolio.
I found the price of $ 24.50 per share for
this wide moat company to be very attractive.