Finding The Edge
Flat, even worse, decreasing earning – is the thing that investors never want to see. Warren Buffett called the firm characteristic to preserve earning as an economic moat – or, formally in business school terms: durable competitive advantage.
Losing steam of the earning could be stem from several situations. It could be due to lower sales prices – like Amgen or other drugmakers when they lose their patent. It could be due to lower volume sold like Nokia and Blackberry RIM when iPhone and Android come in. Or both, as Xerox business gets disrupted by Japanese copiers. As Darwin says, it is survival for the fittest.
Like Darwin, Americans saw so many businesses collapsed – and they will see it again and again. Our post under the competitive advantage category helps the investor to recognize the business advantage of the company – how strong it is and, how long it could retain the customer. The first thing you need to know about your investment is they still exist today and tomorrow – not extinct in the midst of the business wilderness.
Competitive advantage is one of the most crucial aspects of your valuation. All calculation basis – whether it is earning, operating cash flow, or even free cash flow is merely a product. It is management, strategy, policy, demographic, so many factors that affect these groups of financial numbers. Understanding this – and your calculation won’t be too difficult.
So many investing blogs and channels out there – some of them are really exceptional. But few, just a few, cover the competitive advantage in detail. We are here, to bridge that gap.
The third quarter of 2021 illustrates the competitive advantage of Tesla due to its integrated business. In the midst of a chip shortage that trims the production of almost all automakers, Tesla still breaks the record in terms of production units. This article is the sequel to talk about Tesla’s economic moat that discussed brand power, direct sales, and low-cost producer.
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Tesla surely leads the way for the next-generation vehicles. It has the most advanced battery, most covered charger facility, cool car, price advantage, and strong brand. We will take a closer look at those aspects to get a better insight into the Economic Moat of Tesla.
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Some investors may confuse differentiation products with a durable competitive advantage. They assume that the production and fixed costs could be distributed among different kinds of products, thus could sell their product lower than competitors. Well, is it true? Starting from this, we are going to develop some competitive advantage analysis of differentiation.
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How far does Amazon leave its competitor? Or, does it? Testing the economic moat of Amazon Stock will allow us to get a better understanding of the largest retailer’s competitive advantage.
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Moderna is one of the most discussed companies in 2021 due to its COVID-19 vaccine. What makes it more special is, it is not a conventional one like AstraZeneca or SINOVAC. It is RNA – based. A messenger of life. And the potential expansion of this new kind of biotechnology is almost limitless. Through this Moderna stock analysis post, we bring you to reality.
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During Black Friday, the PayPal Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Program experienced a 400% surge from the previous year. Are these jumps could attract investors to hold or even buy its stock? Through Our PayPal Stock Analysis, we address that question.
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Leonardo da Vinci is the first who performs an autopsy on the human body. That brave – and maybe a blasphemous decision by religion was taken in 1490. Hundreds of years later, the Da Vinci robot, under the Intuitive Surgical company, becomes the first robot that delivers surgery (with the man behind of course). We invite you to get closer to the Intuitive Surgical Business Model through this article. Spoiler alert: we love its recurring income.
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Oil is not only about Exxon or Chevron. Here we offer you an alternative. This downstream oil stock analysis opens you to a new investing perspective. To understand more about the oil industry, the energy that stands still till the end of time. No matter how green human mission.
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Being a market leader is not always translated into a durable competitive advantage. This post will talk further about economies of scale as a durable competitive advantage. What is a common mistake regarding the economy of scale as an economic moat? How does economies scale create a layer of protection for business? We are here to answer this moat question.
Continue reading “Economies of Scale as Durable Competitive Advantage”The competitive advantage of Amgen, like any other pharma company, lies in its patent. We invite readers to take a look at this issue – deeper.
Continue reading “Competitive Advantage of Amgen: November Update”