VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Stock Comparison
Hoshizaki Corporation vs Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
Hoshizaki Corporation
6465 · Tokyo Stock Exchange
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
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View 6465 analysisBroadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
BR · New York Stock Exchange
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View BR analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. leads (91 / 100 vs 60 / 100 for Hoshizaki Corporation).
- Segment focus: Hoshizaki Corporation has 7 segments (26.4% in Refrigerators & freezers); Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. has 2 segments (74.2% in Investor Communication Solutions).
- Primary market structure: Competitive vs Quasi-Monopoly. Pricing power: Moderate vs Moderate.
- Moat breadth: Hoshizaki Corporation has 7 moat types across 3 domains; Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. has 5 across 4.
Primary market context
Hoshizaki Corporation
Refrigerators & freezers
Commercial refrigerators & freezers for professional kitchens and food retail
Global
Restaurants, supermarkets/convenience stores, institutional kitchens, food distribution and preparation facilities
OEM/manufacturer with after-sales support; increasingly connected monitoring/services
26.4%
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
Investor Communication Solutions
Proxy distribution, vote processing, and regulatory investor communications
Primarily United States (with select international services)
Public companies, mutual funds, banks and broker-dealers, asset managers
Outsourced intermediary for shareholder communications and proxy voting workflows
74.2%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
No overlap yet.
Hoshizaki Corporation strengths
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. strengths
Segment mix
Hoshizaki Corporation segments
Full profile >Ice makers
Oligopoly
Refrigerators & freezers
Competitive
Commercial dishwashers (warewashing)
Oligopoly
Dispensers (beverage systems)
Oligopoly
Other Hoshizaki products
Competitive
Maintenance / repair (service, parts, and connected monitoring)
Quasi-Monopoly
Other companies' products (resale/complementary kitchen equipment)
Competitive
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. segments
Full profile >Investor Communication Solutions
Quasi-Monopoly
Global Technology and Operations
Oligopoly
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