These Wide-Moat Stocks Have an Added Advantage

These 27 companies have network effect as a moat source--and that's been a plus.

Oct 27, 2018

Mentioned: MercadoLibre Inc (MELI) , Visa Inc (V) , Tencent Holdings Ltd (TCEHY) , Facebook Inc (FB) , Alphabet Inc (GOOG) , Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) , Amazon.com Inc (AMZN) , American Express Co (AXP) , CoStar Group Inc (CSGP) , Autodesk Inc (ADSK)

A company's economic moat can be the result of one or more competitive advantages. Morningstar recognizes five sources of competitive advantage:

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