VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Friday, January 2, 2026
Stock Comparison
Fastenal Company vs Oracle Corporation
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
Fastenal Company
FAST · Nasdaq Stock Market
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
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View FAST analysisOracle Corporation
ORCL · 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 ORCL analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: Fastenal Company leads (60 / 100 vs 56 / 100 for Oracle Corporation).
- Segment focus: Fastenal Company has 3 segments (54.5% in Branch-based distribution (in-market branches)); Oracle Corporation has 5 segments (42.9% in Infrastructure cloud services and license support).
- Primary market structure: Competitive vs Oligopoly. Pricing power: Weak vs Weak.
- Moat breadth: Fastenal Company has 5 moat types across 2 domains; Oracle Corporation has 7 across 3.
Primary market context
Fastenal Company
Branch-based distribution (in-market branches)
Industrial & construction supplies distribution (MRO/OEM consumables) via local branches
North America (primary) + select international
B2B
Distributor / MRO supplier
54.5%
Oracle Corporation
Infrastructure cloud services and license support
Enterprise cloud infrastructure services (IaaS/PaaS, cloud database) plus related support
Global
Enterprises & developers
Cloud service provider (IaaS/PaaS)
42.9%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
Fastenal Company strengths
Oracle Corporation strengths
Segment mix
Fastenal Company segments
Full profile >Branch-based distribution (in-market branches)
Competitive
Onsite solutions (embedded customer locations)
Competitive
Other / non-traditional sales (services & custom manufacturing)
Competitive
Oracle Corporation segments
Full profile >Applications cloud services and license support
Oligopoly
Infrastructure cloud services and license support
Oligopoly
Cloud license and on-premise license
Oligopoly
Hardware
Competitive
Services
Competitive
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