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Franco-Nevada (MEX:FNV N) Moat Score : 8/10 (As of Jul. 03, 2025)


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What is Franco-Nevada Moat Score?

Franco-Nevada has the Moat Score of 8, which implies that the company might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

Franco-Nevada has Wide Moat: Franco-Nevada Corp benefits from a robust portfolio of royalties and streaming agreements, providing strong pricing power and durable cost advantages. The company has significant market leadership and regulatory barriers, ensuring a clear and robust wide moat.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Franco-Nevada might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

Competitive Comparison of Franco-Nevada's Moat Score

For the Gold subindustry, Franco-Nevada's Moat Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Moat Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Franco-Nevada's Moat Score Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Franco-Nevada's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Franco-Nevada's Moat Score falls into.


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Franco-Nevada  (MEX:FNV N) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score Moat Level
10Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0No Moat - No discernible moat

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Franco-Nevada Business Description

Industry
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Traded in Other Exchanges
FNV:USA 0QYZ:UK 3FO:Germany 3FO:Germany FNV:Canada F2NV34:Brazil
Address
199 Bay Street, Suite 2000, Commerce Court West, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5L 1G9
Website
https://www.franco-nevada.com
Franco-Nevada Corp is a precious-metals-focused royalty and investment company. The company owns a diversified portfolio of precious metals and royalty streams, which is actively managed to generate the bulk of its revenue from gold, silver, and platinum. The company does not operate mines, develop projects, or conduct exploration. Franco-Nevada's short-term financial performance is linked to the price of commodities and the amount of production from its portfolio of producing assets. Its long-term performance is affected by the availability of exploration and development capital. The company holds a portfolio of assets, diversified by commodity, revenue type, and stage of a project, located in the U.S, Canada, and Australia.

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