VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Stock Comparison
Monster Beverage Corporation vs Verisk Analytics, Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
Monster Beverage Corporation
MNST · Nasdaq Global Select Market
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
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View MNST analysisVerisk Analytics, Inc.
VRSK · NASDAQ Global Select Market
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
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View VRSK analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: Verisk Analytics, Inc. leads (87 / 100 vs 76 / 100 for Monster Beverage Corporation).
- Segment focus: Monster Beverage Corporation has 4 segments (91.6% in Monster Energy Drinks); Verisk Analytics, Inc. has 2 segments (70.2% in Underwriting Solutions).
- Primary market structure: Oligopoly vs Oligopoly. Pricing power: Moderate vs Strong.
- Moat breadth: Monster Beverage Corporation has 5 moat types across 3 domains; Verisk Analytics, Inc. has 6 across 3.
Primary market context
Monster Beverage Corporation
Monster Energy Drinks
Energy drinks
Global
Retail consumers (via bottlers/distributors and retailers); some direct-to-retail
Brand owner, marketer, and RTD finished-goods seller
91.6%
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
Underwriting Solutions
Property and casualty insurance underwriting content and analytics (forms and rules and loss costs, underwriting data and catastrophe and weather risk)
Primarily U.S. (with growing international offerings)
P&C insurers (personal and commercial lines)
Insurance data and analytics and standards and content provider
70.2%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
No overlap yet.
Monster Beverage Corporation strengths
Verisk Analytics, Inc. strengths
Segment mix
Monster Beverage Corporation segments
Full profile >Monster Energy Drinks
Oligopoly
Strategic Brands
Oligopoly
Alcohol Brands
Competitive
Other (AFF Third-Party Products)
Competitive
Verisk Analytics, Inc. segments
Full profile >Underwriting Solutions
Oligopoly
Claims Solutions
Oligopoly
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