VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Stock Comparison
PepsiCo, Inc. vs VeriSign, Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
PepsiCo, Inc.
PEP · 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 PEP analysisVeriSign, Inc.
VRSN · 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 VRSN analysisComparison highlights
- Moat score gap: VeriSign, Inc. leads (100 / 100 vs 72 / 100 for PepsiCo, Inc.).
- Segment focus: PepsiCo, Inc. has 7 segments (27% in Frito-Lay North America (FLNA)); VeriSign, Inc. has 1 segment (100% in Naming Services (.com and .net registry)).
- Primary market structure: Oligopoly vs Monopoly. Pricing power: Moderate vs Strong.
- Moat breadth: PepsiCo, Inc. has 4 moat types across 2 domains; VeriSign, Inc. has 4 across 4.
Primary market context
PepsiCo, Inc.
Frito-Lay North America (FLNA)
Branded convenient foods (salty snacks, dips and adjacent categories)
United States and Canada
Retailers, convenience stores, foodservice
Branded manufacturer + distributor (DSD/warehouse/distributor networks)
27%
VeriSign, Inc.
Naming Services (.com and .net registry)
Registry operator services for .com and .net top-level domains (domain registrations + authoritative DNS resolution)
Global
ICANN-accredited domain registrars (wholesale) and, indirectly, registrants
Registry operator / DNS infrastructure provider
100%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
No overlap yet.
PepsiCo, Inc. strengths
VeriSign, Inc. strengths
Segment mix
PepsiCo, Inc. segments
Full profile >Frito-Lay North America (FLNA)
Oligopoly
Quaker Foods North America (QFNA)
Competitive
PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA)
Oligopoly
Latin America (LatAm)
Oligopoly
Europe
Oligopoly
Africa, Middle East and South Asia (AMESA)
Competitive
Asia Pacific, Australia & New Zealand and China Region (APAC)
Competitive
VeriSign, Inc. segments
Full profile >Naming Services (.com and .net registry)
Monopoly
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