VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Stock Comparison
Agilent Technologies, Inc. vs Intuitive Surgical, 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 analysisIntuitive Surgical, Inc.
ISRG · NASDAQ
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
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View ISRG analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: Intuitive Surgical, Inc. leads (83 / 100 vs 65 / 100 for Agilent Technologies, Inc.).
- Segment focus: Agilent Technologies, Inc. has 3 segments (41.9% in Agilent CrossLab); Intuitive Surgical, Inc. has 3 segments (60.8% in Instruments and Accessories).
- Primary market structure: Competitive vs Monopoly. Pricing power: Strong vs Strong.
- Moat breadth: Agilent Technologies, Inc. has 5 moat types across 2 domains; Intuitive Surgical, Inc. has 9 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%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Instruments and Accessories
Proprietary robotic surgery instruments, accessories, and consumables used per procedure on the da Vinci (and Ion) installed base
Global
Hospitals and surgery centers purchasing consumables; surgeons and OR teams as end users
Consumables OEM within proprietary platform
60.8%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
Agilent Technologies, Inc. strengths
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. strengths
Segment mix
Agilent Technologies, Inc. segments
Full profile >Life Sciences and Diagnostics Markets
Oligopoly
Agilent CrossLab
Competitive
Applied Markets
Oligopoly
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. segments
Full profile >Systems
Quasi-Monopoly
Instruments and Accessories
Monopoly
Services
Monopoly
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