Two companies can sell almost identical products and yet earn wildly different profits over a decade. The reason usually comes down to competitive position: whether a business can defend its profits ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

Most executives can tell you their market share. Very few can tell you their share of the answer or how often their brand ...

I am neutral on Apple (AAPL) as the company’s strong competitive position in its industry, robust profitability, and general support from Wall Street analysts is offset by its fairly high valuation ...

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Wendy's has a strong business model and is expected to grow through international expansion, new location openings, and technological development. Economic conditions represent a near-term risk to the ...

Despite Illumina's poor stock performance over the past two years, we believe it's an important competitively advantaged company and has become very undervalued. Illumina's sequencing instruments are ...

While the firm has struggled at the hand of intense competitive pressures, challenging category dynamics, and some self-inflicted missteps over the past few years, we think its wide moat positions it ...

Interpublic Group IPG narrow economic moat ratings. The consolidated nature of the industry and high switching costs of severing the agency relationship for clients contribute to a solid competitive ...

Regulatory agencies are driving companies in the US and the EU to make commitments to comply with Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria for corporate behavior and financial performance.

When the subject is the relative positioning of competitors across the market landscape, leadership is interested, engaged, and more than willing to debate. Over the years, I've developed several ...