Moody's (MCO)
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MCO Stock Chart & Stats
$455.35
$4.80(1.03%)
At close: 4:00 PM EST
$455.35
$4.80(1.03%)
Day’s Range― - ―
52-Week Range$402.28 - $546.88
Previous CloseN/A
Volume142.87K
Average Volume (3M)1.04M
Market Cap
$78.73B
Enterprise Value$85.55B
Total Cash (Recent Filing)$1.51B
Total Debt (Recent Filing)$7.31B
Price to Earnings (P/E)31.9
Beta1.05
Next Earnings
Jul 28, 2026EPS Estimate
4.19Next Dividend Ex-DateN/A
Dividend Yield0.73%
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)14.00
Shares Outstanding174,700,000
10 Day Avg. Volume1,023,261
30 Day Avg. Volume1,039,569
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 Cap1.09
Enterprise Value/Revenue10.87
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit15.59
Enterprise Value/Ebitda21.66
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$537.38Price Target Upside18.01% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering17
EPS Forecast (FY)16.71
Revenue Forecast (FY)$8.24B
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
High Margins And Strong Cash GenerationSustained high margins and near-complete cash conversion (~97%) create durable internal funding for R&D, AI investments and elevated buybacks without immediate reliance on external capital. This strengthens resilience across issuance cycles and supports long-term shareholder returns.
Recurring ARR And Subscription MomentumA growing ARR base and high recurring-revenue share make Moody’s Analytics less cyclical and more predictable. Strong retention (~95–96%) plus subscription economics underpin steady revenue visibility and margin leverage as products scale across large enterprise customers.
Strategic AI Partnerships And Embedded DistributionPartnerships embedding Moody’s intelligence into leading AI platforms and marketplaces broaden distribution, shorten adoption friction, and create workflow lock‑in. This structural positioning supports long-term product stickiness and cross-sell into enterprise AI use cases.
Bears Say
Elevated Financial LeverageMeaningful leverage amplifies returns but reduces balance-sheet flexibility and increases sensitivity to interest-rate or earnings shocks. High absolute debt constrains optionality for large M&A or sustained buybacks if free cash flow weakens during issuance downturns.
Material Decline In MA Transactional RevenueThe divestiture-driven collapse in transactional revenue is a multi-quarter headwind to reported top-line growth. Even as subscription revenue rises, the lost transactional contribution reduces near-term revenue scalability and complicates comparison-based momentum metrics.
Regulatory Scrutiny On AI DecisioningHeightened regulatory focus can lengthen sales cycles and impose heavier compliance costs for AI-driven products in financial services. That slows enterprise adoption, delays ARR realization and may raise implementation expenses, tempering MA margin expansion timing.
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 $78.73B.
When is Moody's’s upcoming earnings report date?
Moody's’s upcoming earnings report date is Jul 28, 2026 which is in 37 days.
How were Moody's’s earnings last quarter?
Moody's released its earnings results on Apr 22, 2026. The company reported $4.33 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.218 by $0.112.
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 0.73%. See more information on Moody's dividends here
What is Moody's’s EPS estimate?
Moody's’s EPS estimate is 4.19.
How many shares outstanding does Moody's have?
Moody's has 174,700,000 shares outstanding.
What happened to Moody's’s price movement after its last earnings report?
Moody's reported an EPS of $4.33 in its last earnings report, beating expectations of $4.218. Following the earnings report the stock price went up 1.551%.
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:
$537.38 (18.01% Upside)
$537.38 (18.01% Upside)
Blogger Sentiment
Bullish
MCO Sentiment 70%
Sector Average ―
Sector Average ―
Hedge Fund Trend
Increased
By 947.6K Shares
Last Quarter.
Last Quarter.
Insider Transactions
Sold Shares
Worth $131.3K over
the Last 3 Months
the Last 3 Months
Crowd Wisdom
Very Positive
Last 7 Days ▲ 2.1%
Last 30 Days ▲ 3.4%
Last 30 Days ▲ 3.4%
News Sentiment
Bullish
Bullish news 79%
Bearish news 14%
Bearish news 14%
Technicals
SMA
Negative
20 days / 200 days
Momentum
-3.41%
12-Months-Change
Fundamentals
Return on Equity
66.74%
Trailing 12-Months
Asset Growth
-2.41%
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
Q1 2026
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Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call highlighted strong top-line growth in both Ratings and Analytics, meaningful margin expansion (company margin +150 bps; MA +250 bps; MIS margin 66.7%), robust cash generation (+26% free cash flow) and aggressive capital returns, alongside notable client wins, ARR growth (ARR $3.6B, +8% YoY) and strategic AI and digital-asset initiatives. Offsetting risks include a large decline in MA transactional revenue due to divestitures, persistent market volatility that could compress issuance and revenue timing, regulatory scrutiny around AI decisioning that may slow adoption, and expected seasonal/second-half softening in issuance. On balance, the positive operating and financial momentum, strong cash returns and visible ARR/recurring revenue traction materially outweigh the identified near-term headwinds.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
$537.38
▲(18.01% Upside)
Technical Analysis
Ownership Overview
0.10% Insiders
16.54% Mutual Funds
42.64% Other Institutional Investors
19.30% Public Companies and Individual Investors