VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Sunday, January 11, 2026
Stock Comparison
KONE Oyj vs Waters Corporation
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
KONE Oyj
KNEBV · Nasdaq Helsinki
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
Waters Corporation
WAT · 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 WAT analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: Waters Corporation leads (66 / 100 vs 63 / 100 for KONE Oyj).
- Segment focus: KONE Oyj has 3 segments (40.6% in New Building Solutions); Waters Corporation has 4 segments (34.9% in Waters instrument systems).
- Primary market structure: Oligopoly vs Oligopoly. Pricing power: Weak vs Moderate.
- Moat breadth: KONE Oyj has 8 moat types across 4 domains; Waters Corporation has 7 across 2.
Primary market context
KONE Oyj
New Building Solutions
Elevator, escalator and automatic building door new equipment (new installations)
Global
Property developers and general contractors
OEM + project installation
40.6%
Waters Corporation
Waters instrument systems
Liquid chromatography (LC/UPLC) and mass spectrometry (MS) analytical instrument systems (including LC-MS workflows and instrument control/data system software)
Global
Pharma/biotech, industrial, academic and government laboratories
OEM + software/platform provider
34.9%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
KONE Oyj strengths
Waters Corporation strengths
Segment mix
KONE Oyj segments
Full profile >New Building Solutions
Oligopoly
Service (maintenance & repairs)
Competitive
Modernization
Competitive
Waters Corporation segments
Full profile >Waters instrument systems
Oligopoly
Chemistry consumables
Competitive
Waters service & software maintenance
Competitive
TA instrument systems & service
Oligopoly
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