VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Monday, December 29, 2025
Stock Comparison
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. vs PDD Holdings Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
MKTX · NASDAQ Global Select Market
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
Full stock profile
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View MKTX analysisPDD Holdings Inc.
PDD · NASDAQ
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
Full stock profile
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View PDD analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: MarketAxess Holdings Inc. leads (74 / 100 vs 44 / 100 for PDD Holdings Inc.).
- Segment focus: MarketAxess Holdings Inc. has 2 segments (87.1% in Trade Execution Solutions); PDD Holdings Inc. has 2 segments.
- Moat breadth: MarketAxess Holdings Inc. has 6 moat types across 3 domains; PDD Holdings Inc. has 4 across 4.
Primary market context
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.
Trade Execution Solutions
Electronic fixed-income trade execution platforms (credit and rates)
Global
Institutional investors, broker-dealers, and alternative liquidity providers
Electronic trading venue / marketplace operator
87.1%
PDD Holdings Inc.
Pinduoduo China marketplace
China online retail marketplace (value-for-money focus)
China
Consumers & third-party merchants
Online marketplace platform
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. strengths
PDD Holdings Inc. strengths
Segment mix
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. segments
Full profile >Trade Execution Solutions
Oligopoly
Services (Data, Post-Trade and Technology)
Competitive
PDD Holdings Inc. segments
Full profile >Pinduoduo China marketplace
Oligopoly
Temu international marketplace
Competitive
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