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Morningstar, Inc.

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Over the next 24 months, a range of heavy equipment makers in agricultural, construction, mining, and trucking equipment will begin offering telematics as standard equipment in their products. This is a little-discussed $15 billion market that encompasses practically all technologies for sending, receiving, and storing data via telecommunications devices.As this theme continues to play out, we see a few attractive investment opportunities to own excellent franchises with solid exposure to telematics, attractive moats, and reasonable valuationsAnalyst: Kwame Webb

Over the next 24 months, a range of heavy equipment makers in agricultural, construction, mining, and trucking equipment will begin offering telematics as standard equipment in their products. This is a little-discussed $15 billion market that encompasses practically all technologies for sending, receiving, and storing data via telecommunications devices.As this theme continues to play out, we see a few attractive investment opportunities to own excellent franchises with solid exposure to telematics, attractive moats, and reasonable valuationsAnalyst: Kwame Webb

Telematics in Heavy Equipment: Significant Potential to Strengthen Moats, but Many OEMs Are Passing

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Telematics in Heavy Equipment: Significant Potential to Strengthen Moats, but Many OEMs Are Passing