VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Thursday, January 8, 2026
Stock Comparison
Chubb Limited vs Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
Chubb Limited
CB · 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 CB 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 68 / 100 for Chubb Limited).
- Segment focus: Chubb Limited has 6 segments (40% in North America Commercial P&C Insurance); Intuitive Surgical, Inc. has 3 segments (60.8% in Instruments and Accessories).
- Primary market structure: Competitive vs Monopoly. Pricing power: Moderate vs Strong.
- Moat breadth: Chubb Limited has 6 moat types across 4 domains; Intuitive Surgical, Inc. has 9 across 4.
Primary market context
Chubb Limited
North America Commercial P&C Insurance
Commercial property & casualty and corporate accident & health insurance
North America
Businesses and institutions (middle market to large corporates); specialty commercial
Primary insurer / underwriter
40%
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
Chubb Limited strengths
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. strengths
Segment mix
Chubb Limited segments
Full profile >North America Commercial P&C Insurance
Competitive
North America Personal P&C Insurance
Oligopoly
North America Agricultural Insurance
Oligopoly
Overseas General Insurance
Competitive
Global Reinsurance
Oligopoly
Life Insurance
Competitive
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. segments
Full profile >Systems
Quasi-Monopoly
Instruments and Accessories
Monopoly
Services
Monopoly
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