Investing in the Efficient Scale Moat Source
Efficient scale 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. Although we observe efficient scale across nearly every sector, it is most common in highly regulated and capital-intensive industries, such as regulated utilities, telecom services, midstream oil and gas, REITs, and railroads.Compared with companies that benefit from other moa...
Telstra is engaged in providing telecommunications and information services for domestic and international customers. Co.'s operating segments are Telstra Retail, Global Enterprise and Services, Telstra Operations, and Telstra Wholesale. As of June 30 2016, Co. provided retail fixed data services to 3.4 million customers, retail fixed voice services to 5.7 million and domestic retail mobile services to 17.2 million customers.
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.
Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.
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