VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Friday, January 2, 2026
Stock Comparison
Crown Castle Inc. vs MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
Crown Castle Inc.
CCI · 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 CCI analysisMarketAxess Holdings Inc.
MKTX · 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 MKTX analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: Crown Castle Inc. leads (84 / 100 vs 74 / 100 for MarketAxess Holdings Inc.).
- Segment focus: Crown Castle Inc. has 2 segments (67% in Towers); MarketAxess Holdings Inc. has 2 segments (87.1% in Trade Execution Solutions).
- Primary market structure: Oligopoly vs Oligopoly. Pricing power: Strong vs Moderate.
- Moat breadth: Crown Castle Inc. has 3 moat types across 3 domains; MarketAxess Holdings Inc. has 6 across 3.
Primary market context
Crown Castle Inc.
Towers
U.S. macrocell tower leasing (wireless site rental)
United States
Mobile network operators
Infrastructure owner/lessor
67%
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
Trade Execution Solutions
Electronic fixed-income trade execution platforms (credit and rates)
Global
Institutional investors, broker-dealers, and alternative liquidity providers
Electronic trading venue / marketplace operator
87.1%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
No overlap yet.
Crown Castle Inc. strengths
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. strengths
Segment mix
Crown Castle Inc. segments
Full profile >Towers
Oligopoly
Fiber (small cells + fiber solutions)
Competitive
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. segments
Full profile >Trade Execution Solutions
Oligopoly
Services (Data, Post-Trade and Technology)
Competitive
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