VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Stock Comparison
Apple Inc. vs Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
Apple Inc.
AAPL · NASDAQ
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
MPWR · NASDAQ Global Select Market
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
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View MPWR analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: Apple Inc. leads (87 / 100 vs 67 / 100 for Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.).
- Segment focus: Apple Inc. has 5 segments (50.4% in iPhone); Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has 6 segments (32.5% in Enterprise Data).
- Primary market structure: Oligopoly vs Oligopoly. Pricing power: Strong vs Moderate.
- Moat breadth: Apple Inc. has 7 moat types across 3 domains; Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has 4 across 3.
Primary market context
Apple Inc.
iPhone
Smartphones (with focus on premium smartphones and iOS ecosystem devices)
Global
Consumers and enterprises (end-users), plus carrier/retail channels
OEM / platform owner
50.4%
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
Enterprise Data
Power management ICs and power modules for enterprise/data center servers (CPU/GPU/AI accelerators) and cloud/on-prem compute platforms
Global
OEMs/ODMs and cloud platform designers
Fabless component supplier (power semiconductors)
32.5%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
Apple Inc. strengths
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. strengths
Segment mix
Apple Inc. segments
Full profile >iPhone
Oligopoly
Mac
Oligopoly
iPad
Oligopoly
Wearables, Home and Accessories
Competitive
Services
Quasi-Monopoly
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. segments
Full profile >Enterprise Data
Oligopoly
Storage and Computing
Competitive
Automotive
Oligopoly
Communications
Oligopoly
Consumer
Competitive
Industrial
Oligopoly
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