VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Thursday, January 8, 2026
Stock Comparison
VINCI SA vs Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
VINCI SA
DG · Euronext Paris
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
HII · 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 HII analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. leads (83 / 100 vs 57 / 100 for VINCI SA).
- Segment focus: VINCI SA has 7 segments (44.4% in VINCI Construction); Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. has 3 segments (51.7% in Newport News Shipbuilding (Nuclear Shipbuilding)).
- Primary market structure: Competitive vs Quasi-Monopoly. Pricing power: Weak vs Moderate.
- Moat breadth: VINCI SA has 7 moat types across 2 domains; Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. has 6 across 3.
Primary market context
VINCI SA
VINCI Construction
Construction and civil engineering contracting (buildings, infrastructure and specialty networks)
Global
Public-sector project owners and private developers/industrial clients
General contractor / civil engineering contractor
44.4%
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
Newport News Shipbuilding (Nuclear Shipbuilding)
U.S. Navy nuclear shipbuilding and carrier lifecycle services (CVN construction/RCOH/inactivation + SSN/SSBN construction)
United States
U.S. Government (U.S. Navy)
Prime contractor shipyard / integrator
51.7%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
VINCI SA strengths
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. strengths
Segment mix
VINCI SA segments
Full profile >VINCI Autoroutes
Monopoly
VINCI Airports
Oligopoly
Other concessions (incl. VINCI Highways and PPP assets)
Competitive
VINCI Energies
Competitive
Cobra IS
Competitive
VINCI Construction
Competitive
VINCI Immobilier
Competitive
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. segments
Full profile >Newport News Shipbuilding (Nuclear Shipbuilding)
Quasi-Monopoly
Ingalls Shipbuilding (Non-Nuclear Shipbuilding)
Quasi-Monopoly
Mission Technologies (Defense Tech & Services)
Competitive
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