VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Sunday, January 11, 2026
Stock Comparison
Agilent Technologies, Inc. vs Guidewire Software, Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
A · New York 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 A analysisGuidewire Software, Inc.
GWRE · New York 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 GWRE analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: Agilent Technologies, Inc. leads (65 / 100 vs 63 / 100 for Guidewire Software, Inc.).
- Segment focus: Agilent Technologies, Inc. has 3 segments (41.9% in Agilent CrossLab); Guidewire Software, Inc. has 2 segments (81.8% in Core P&C insurance platform software (InsuranceSuite, InsuranceNow, Guidewire Cloud Platform)).
- Primary market structure: Competitive vs Oligopoly. Pricing power: Strong vs Moderate.
- Moat breadth: Agilent Technologies, Inc. has 5 moat types across 2 domains; Guidewire Software, Inc. has 7 across 4.
Primary market context
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Agilent CrossLab
Laboratory services, compliance/maintenance, consumables and lab informatics across the lab workflow
Global
B2B (installed base labs across pharma, diagnostics, academia and applied markets)
Aftermarket services + consumables + informatics
41.9%
Guidewire Software, Inc.
Core P&C insurance platform software (InsuranceSuite, InsuranceNow, Guidewire Cloud Platform)
Property & casualty insurance core systems platforms (policy administration, claims, billing) with cloud delivery
Global
Property & casualty insurers (global carriers to regional/local providers)
Vertical enterprise application vendor / cloud platform operator
81.8%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
Agilent Technologies, Inc. strengths
Guidewire Software, Inc. strengths
Segment mix
Agilent Technologies, Inc. segments
Full profile >Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets
Oligopoly
Agilent CrossLab
Competitive
Applied Markets
Oligopoly
Guidewire Software, Inc. segments
Full profile >Core P&C insurance platform software (InsuranceSuite, InsuranceNow, Guidewire Cloud Platform)
Oligopoly
Professional services (implementation, cloud migration, integration)
Competitive
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