The Efficient Scale Moat Source Is Built on the Presence of Distinct Industry Characteristics
Efficient scale is perhaps the least intuitive of the five moat sources that Morningstar identifies as drivers of sustainable competitive advantage. It typically applies to firms that serve a market of limited size, in which potential competitors have little incentive to enter because doing so would lower the industry’s returns below the cost of capital.We highlight eight distinct market characteristics that can indicate the presence of efficient scale. Although we observe efficient scale acros...
Spectra Energy Partners is a partnership holding company. Through its subsidiaries and equity affiliates, the company is engaged in the transmission, storage and gathering of natural gas, and the transportation and storage of crude oil, through interstate pipeline systems in the U.S. and Canada. The company's operations and activities are managed by its general partner, Spectra Energy Partners (DE) GP, LP. The company manages its business in two reportable segments: U.S. Transmission, which provides transmission, storage, and gathering of natural gas in northeastern and southeastern U.S.; and Liquids, which provides transportation and storage of crude oil in central U.S. and Canada.
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