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MCO Stock Chart & Stats
$471.50
$14.46(3.07%)
At close: 4:00 PM EDT
$471.50
$14.46(3.07%)
Day’s Range― - ―
52-Week Range$402.28 - $546.88
Previous Close$482.31
Volume904.97K
Average Volume (3M)1.01M
Market Cap
$87.18B
Enterprise Value$85.20K
Total Cash (Recent Filing)$1.50B
Total Debt (Recent Filing)$7.52B
Price to Earnings (P/E)31.8
Beta1.06
Next Earnings
Oct 27, 2026EPS Estimate
4.26Next Dividend Ex-DateN/A
Dividend Yield0.8%
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)15.81
Shares Outstanding173,200,000
10 Day Avg. Volume978,729
30 Day Avg. Volume1,006,311
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio1.75
Price to Book (P/B)22.57
Price to Sales (P/S)11.85
P/FCF Ratio35.53
Enterprise Value/Market Cap<0.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue<0.01
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit<0.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda<0.01
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$564.00Price Target Upside19.62% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering20
EPS Forecast (FY)16.95
Revenue Forecast (FY)$8.28B
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Recurring Analytics GrowthHigh retention and recurring revenue give Moody’s Analytics visibility and resilience beyond debt issuance cycles. Continued ARR growth indicates sustained customer demand for risk, compliance, and decisioning tools across financial institutions.
Profitability And Cash FlowVery strong margins and cash conversion demonstrate a scalable, asset-light operating model with durable earnings quality. Robust free cash flow supports investment, debt service, and shareholder returns while reducing reliance on external financing.
Data And AI CapabilitiesThe broad proprietary data estate and demonstrated AI efficiency gains strengthen Moody’s relevance in compliance and risk workflows. Embedding these capabilities into customer processes can support product differentiation and longer-term enterprise demand.
Bears Say
Balance Sheet LeverageMeaningful leverage and a thinner equity base increase financial risk relative to conservatively capitalized peers. Although cash generation is strong, elevated debt can reduce flexibility if capital-markets activity weakens or operating conditions deteriorate.
Issuance Cyclicality And MixMIS remains exposed to debt issuance volumes, refinancing conditions, and transaction mix. Strong issuance growth may not translate proportionally into revenue when activity shifts toward lower-yield segments, limiting conversion and increasing earnings sensitivity.
Insurance Migration ExecutionCloud migration is important for expanding insurance customers and increasing platform adoption, but the incomplete transition creates execution and timing risk. A nonlinear migration path could delay upsell opportunities and make Analytics growth less predictable.
Moody's News
MCO FAQ
What was Moody's’s price range in the past 12 months?
Moody's lowest stock price was $402.28 and its highest was $546.88 in the past 12 months.
What is Moody's’s market cap?
Moody's’s market cap is $87.18B.
When is Moody's’s upcoming earnings report date?
Moody's’s upcoming earnings report date is Oct 27, 2026 which is in 63 days.
How were Moody's’s earnings last quarter?
Moody's released its earnings results on Jul 22, 2026. The company reported $4.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.265 by $0.415.
Is Moody's overvalued?
According to Wall Street analysts Moody's’s price is currently Undervalued.
Does Moody's pay dividends?
Moody's pays a Quarterly dividend of $1.03 which represents an annual dividend yield of 0.8%. See more information on Moody's dividends here
What is Moody's’s EPS estimate?
Moody's’s EPS estimate is 4.26.
How many shares outstanding does Moody's have?
Moody's has 173,200,000 shares outstanding.
What happened to Moody's’s price movement after its last earnings report?
Moody's reported an EPS of $4.68 in its last earnings report, beating expectations of $4.265. Following the earnings report the stock price went down -0.218%.
Which hedge fund is a major shareholder of Moody's?
Currently, no hedge funds are holding shares in MCO
What is the TipRanks Smart Score and how is it calculated?
Smart Score combines eight research factors - such as analyst recommendations, hedge fund trends, and technical indicators - to measure a stock’s outlook. These signals are unified into a single score that reflects bullish or bearish momentum. See detailed methodology
Moody's Stock Smart Score
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Analyst Consensus
Moderate Buy
Average Price Target:
$564.00 (19.62% Upside)
$564.00 (19.62% Upside)
Blogger Sentiment
Bullish
MCO Sentiment 93%
Sector Average ―
Sector Average ―
Hedge Fund Trend
Increased
By 947.6K Shares
Last Quarter.
Last Quarter.
Crowd Wisdom
Very Negative
Last 7 Days ▼ 0.5%
Last 30 Days ▼ 3.5%
Last 30 Days ▼ 3.5%
News Sentiment
Very Bullish
Bullish news 100%
Bearish news 0%
Bearish news 0%
Technicals
SMA
Positive
20 days / 200 days
Momentum
-4.46%
12-Months-Change
Fundamentals
Return on Equity
0.80%
Trailing 12-Months
Asset Growth
-5.24%
Trailing 12-Months
Company Description
Moody's
Moody's Corporation operates as a global leader in risk assessment, divided into two main segments: Moody's Investors Service and Moody's Analytics. Moody's Investors Service is dedicated to issuing credit ratings and providing detailed assessments for a diverse range of debt obligations and the entities that issue them. This encompasses corporate, financial institution, governmental, and structured finance securities across approximately 140 nations. These ratings are made publicly available through press releases, digital media, and real-time financial information systems. Its vast scope includes ratings for thousands of non-financial corporations, financial institutions, public finance issuers, sovereign and sub-sovereign governments, supranational bodies, infrastructure projects, and structured finance deals. The Moody's Analytics segment develops and provides a comprehensive suite of products and services designed to support the risk management needs of institutional participants in financial markets. This includes subscription-based research, data, and analytical tools such as credit ratings, quantitative credit scores, economic forecasts, business intelligence, commercial real estate data, and specialized training and certification programs. Additionally, this segment offers offshore analytical and research services, along with advanced software solutions for risk management. Originally founded in 1900 and headquartered in New York, New York, the company was known as Dun and Bradstreet Company before officially becoming Moody's Corporation in September 2000.
MCO Company Deck
MCO Earnings Call
Q2 2026
0:00 / 0:00
Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call presented a strong set of operational and financial results: robust top-line and bottom-line growth, substantial margin expansion, ARR and recurring revenue momentum, significant free cash flow and accelerated capital return commitments, plus notable product wins and strategic partnerships. Management qualified the quarter's upside by noting a revenue-mix effect (more issuance in lower-yield segments) and maintained conservative near-term revenue cadence and guidance, while expanding a restructuring program that creates short-term costs for longer-term savings. Overall the positives — broad-based growth across MIS and MA, margin and cash-flow strength, and clear go-to-market and AI integration momentum — materially outweigh the headwinds related to mix, migration execution, and conservative H2 cadence.View all MCO earnings summariesMCO Revenue Breakdown
55.93% Moody’s Investors Service
46.79% Moody’s Analytics
-2.72% Eliminations
MCO Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
$564.00
▲(19.62% Upside)
Technical Analysis
Ownership Overview
0.11% Insiders
16.67% Mutual Funds
8.39% Other Institutional Investors
53.63% Public Companies and Individual Investors