VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Stock Comparison
Microsoft Corporation vs TransDigm Group Incorporated
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
Microsoft Corporation
MSFT · 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 MSFT analysisTransDigm Group Incorporated
TDG · New York Stock Exchange
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 TDG analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score: both at 84 / 100.
- Segment focus: Microsoft Corporation has 3 segments (42.9% in Productivity and Business Processes); TransDigm Group Incorporated has 3 segments (51.6% in Power & Control).
- Primary market structure: Oligopoly vs Competitive. Pricing power: Strong vs Strong.
- Moat breadth: Microsoft Corporation has 9 moat types across 4 domains; TransDigm Group Incorporated has 5 across 3.
Primary market context
Microsoft Corporation
Productivity and Business Processes
Enterprise productivity & collaboration suites, business applications, and professional network platforms
Global
Enterprises, SMBs, consumers, recruiters/advertisers
SaaS platform + professional network
42.9%
TransDigm Group Incorporated
Power & Control
Highly engineered aerospace power & control components (OEM and aftermarket)
Global
Commercial airlines, aircraft OEMs, defense OEMs, governments, aerospace distributors
Tier 2/3 component OEM, aftermarket spares, repair/overhaul
51.6%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
Microsoft Corporation strengths
TransDigm Group Incorporated strengths
Segment mix
Microsoft Corporation segments
Full profile >Productivity and Business Processes
Oligopoly
Intelligent Cloud
Oligopoly
More Personal Computing
Quasi-Monopoly
TransDigm Group Incorporated segments
Full profile >Power & Control
Competitive
Airframe
Competitive
Non-aviation
Competitive
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