VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Stock Comparison
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. vs VeriSign, Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
BIP · 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 BIP analysisVeriSign, Inc.
VRSN · Nasdaq Global Select Market
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
Full stock profile
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View VRSN analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: VeriSign, Inc. leads (100 / 100 vs 74 / 100 for Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.).
- Segment focus: Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. has 4 segments; VeriSign, Inc. has 1 segment (100% in Naming Services (.com and .net registry)).
- Primary market structure: Quasi-Monopoly vs Monopoly. Pricing power: Moderate vs Strong.
- Moat breadth: Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. has 4 moat types across 3 domains; VeriSign, Inc. has 4 across 4.
Primary market context
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
Utilities
Regulated and contracted utility infrastructure (electric transmission, gas pipelines/distribution, metering and residential energy services)
Global
Regulators and contracted counterparties; residential and commercial end-users via utility networks
Owner-operator of regulated networks and contracted utility assets
VeriSign, Inc.
Naming Services (.com and .net registry)
Registry operator services for .com and .net top-level domains (domain registrations + authoritative DNS resolution)
Global
ICANN-accredited domain registrars (wholesale) and, indirectly, registrants
Registry operator / DNS infrastructure provider
100%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. strengths
VeriSign, Inc. strengths
Segment mix
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. segments
Full profile >Utilities
Quasi-Monopoly
Transport
Oligopoly
Midstream
Oligopoly
Data
Oligopoly
VeriSign, Inc. segments
Full profile >Naming Services (.com and .net registry)
Monopoly
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