VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Thursday, January 1, 2026
Stock Comparison
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. vs Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
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 analysisKeysight Technologies, Inc.
KEYS · 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 KEYS analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. leads (83 / 100 vs 69 / 100 for Keysight Technologies, Inc.).
- Segment focus: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. has 3 segments (51.7% in Newport News Shipbuilding (Nuclear Shipbuilding)); Keysight Technologies, Inc. has 2 segments (69.3% in Communications Solutions Group (CSG)).
- Primary market structure: Quasi-Monopoly vs Oligopoly. Pricing power: Moderate vs Moderate.
- Moat breadth: Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. has 6 moat types across 3 domains; Keysight Technologies, Inc. has 6 across 3.
Primary market context
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%
Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Communications Solutions Group (CSG)
Electronic design, test, and measurement solutions for communications networks and aerospace/defense/government systems
Global
Commercial communications OEMs and operators; aerospace/defense primes and government contractors/agencies
Test & measurement instrumentation OEM + software platform + services provider
69.3%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. strengths
Keysight Technologies, Inc. strengths
Segment mix
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
Keysight Technologies, Inc. segments
Full profile >Communications Solutions Group (CSG)
Oligopoly
Electronic Industrial Solutions Group (EISG)
Oligopoly
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