VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Stock Comparison
Apple Inc. vs Applied Materials, Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
Apple Inc.
AAPL · The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
Applied Materials, Inc.
AMAT · The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
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View AMAT analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: Apple Inc. leads (91 / 100 vs 76 / 100 for Applied Materials, Inc.).
- Segment focus: Apple Inc. has 5 segments (55.8% in iPhone); Applied Materials, Inc. has 2 segments (74.4% in Semiconductor Systems).
- Primary market structure: Oligopoly vs Oligopoly. Pricing power: Strong vs Moderate.
- Moat breadth: Apple Inc. has 8 moat types across 3 domains; Applied Materials, Inc. has 7 across 3.
Primary market context
Apple Inc.
iPhone
Global smartphones, with premium-smartphone over-index
Global
Consumers, carriers, enterprises, and government buyers
Branded device OEM, operating-system owner, and platform gateway
55.8%
Applied Materials, Inc.
Semiconductor Systems
Wafer fabrication equipment (WFE) and adjacent front-end process equipment (deposition, etch, CMP, metrology/inspection) plus advanced packaging tools
Global
Semiconductor manufacturers (foundry, logic, memory) and advanced packaging providers
OEM equipment supplier
74.4%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
No overlap yet.
Apple Inc. strengths
Applied Materials, Inc. strengths
Segment mix
Apple Inc. segments
Full profile >iPhone
Oligopoly
Mac
Oligopoly
iPad
Oligopoly
Wearables, Home and Accessories
Oligopoly
Services
Quasi-Monopoly
Applied Materials, Inc. segments
Full profile >Semiconductor Systems
Oligopoly
Applied Global Services (AGS)
Competitive
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