VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ WIDE MOAT STOCKS COMPARISON ★
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Stock Comparison
U.S. Bancorp vs Visa Inc.
Compare moat strength, market structure, and segment coverage to understand how each company defends its edge.
U.S. Bancorp
USB · 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 USB analysisVisa Inc.
V · New York Stock Exchange
Weighted average of segment moat scores, combining moat strength, durability, confidence, market structure, pricing power, and market share.
Comparison highlights
- Moat score gap: Visa Inc. leads (77 / 100 vs 62 / 100 for U.S. Bancorp).
- Segment focus: U.S. Bancorp has 3 segments (42.8% in Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking); Visa Inc. has 4 segments (35.9% in Data processing revenue).
- Primary market structure: Competitive vs Oligopoly. Pricing power: Moderate vs n/a.
- Moat breadth: U.S. Bancorp has 8 moat types across 4 domains; Visa Inc. has 7 across 4.
Primary market context
U.S. Bancorp
Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking
U.S. corporate, commercial, institutional and wealth banking & advisory services
United States
Commercial, institutional, government and wealth clients
Bank / financial intermediary
42.8%
Visa Inc.
Data processing revenue
Payment transaction processing (authorization, clearing and settlement) for VisaNet and related network access
Global
Issuers, acquirers, payment processors
Network processor / switch (authorization, clearing, settlement)
35.9%
Side-by-side metrics
Moat coverage
Shared moat types
U.S. Bancorp strengths
Visa Inc. strengths
Segment mix
U.S. Bancorp segments
Full profile >Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking
Competitive
Consumer and Business Banking
Oligopoly
Payment Services
Oligopoly
Visa Inc. segments
Full profile >Service revenue
Oligopoly
Data processing revenue
Oligopoly
International transaction revenue
Oligopoly
Other revenue
Competitive
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