VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Sunday, January 11, 2026
Stock Comparison
Global Payments Inc. vs Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
Global Payments Inc.
GPN · 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 GPN analysisRockwell Automation, Inc.
ROK · 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 ROK analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: Rockwell Automation, Inc. leads (65 / 100 vs 62 / 100 for Global Payments Inc.).
- Segment focus: Global Payments Inc. has 2 segments (76.1% in Merchant Solutions); Rockwell Automation, Inc. has 3 segments (45% in Intelligent Devices).
- Primary market structure: Competitive vs Oligopoly. Pricing power: Moderate vs Moderate.
- Moat breadth: Global Payments Inc. has 6 moat types across 4 domains; Rockwell Automation, Inc. has 8 across 3.
Primary market context
Global Payments Inc.
Merchant Solutions
Merchant acquiring and integrated payments (card-present and e-commerce)
Global
Merchants (SMB to enterprise) and software platforms
Acquirer and payment processor
76.1%
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Intelligent Devices
Industrial automation hardware (drives, motion, safety/sensing, industrial components, micro PLCs & distributed I/O)
Global
Industrial OEMs/machine builders and end-user manufacturers (often via distributors)
Automation equipment supplier (hardware OEM)
45%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
Global Payments Inc. strengths
Rockwell Automation, Inc. strengths
Segment mix
Global Payments Inc. segments
Full profile >Merchant Solutions
Competitive
Issuer Solutions
Oligopoly
Rockwell Automation, Inc. segments
Full profile >Intelligent Devices
Oligopoly
Software & Control
Oligopoly
Lifecycle Services
Competitive
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