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Moody's Corporation

MCO Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$468.70

▲ +1.35 (+0.3%)

52w hi$536.03
52w lo$409.50
Vol651.10K
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.08

Short+0.06
Medium+0.09
Long+0.10

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

Moody's Corporation

Financial Services · Financial Data & Stock Exchanges

Market cap$81.17B
Enterprise value$87.43B
Trailing P/E30.12x
Forward P/E24.77x
EV / EBITDA21.57x
P / S (ttm)9.95x
Profit margin34.3%
Return on equity76.9%
Revenue growth+15.1%
Earnings growth+56.7%
Debt / equity240.68

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.24
Sector+0.02
Technical+0.03
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

Moody's Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated risk assessment firm in the United States, the rest of the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through two segments, Moody's Analytics (MA) and Moody's Investors Service (MIS). The MA segment develops a range of products and services that support the risk management activities of institutional participants in financial markets. This segment also offers credit research, credit models and analytics, economic data and models, and structured finance solutions; data sets on companies and securities; and cloud-based SaaS subscription solutions supporting banking, insurance, and know-your-customer workflows. The MIS segment publishes credit ratings and provides assessment services on various debt obligations, programs and facilities, and entities that issue such obligations, including corporate, financial institution, and governmental obligations, as well as structured finance securities. It also provides ratings, investment research, compliance and third-party risk, supplier risk, trade credit, business intelligence sales and marketing, financial and regulatory reporting, balance sheet management, capital management, credit portfolio management, and model risk and governance solutions; Maxsight, a unified risk platform; lending suite, origination, and monitoring solutions; and property, casualty, and sustainable insurance underwriting solutions. The company serves the financial, banking, insurance, corporate, public, and asset management sectors. The company was formerly known as Dun and Bradstreet Company and changed its name to Moody's Corporation in September 2000. Moody's Corporation was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

United States · www.moodys.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX0.92
Corr SPX0.54
Annual vol27.3%
Annual ret+1.0%
Sharpe0.04
Max DD-24.8%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Analyst Coverage

Mean PT$535.00
High / Low$610.00 / $460.00
Median$532.50
Analysts20
Strong Buy4
Buy12
Hold7
Sell0
Strong Sell0

Recent rating actions

2026-04-28Mizuho→ Neutral
2026-04-23Wells Fargo→ Overweight
2026-04-13Wells Fargo→ Overweight
2026-04-07Morgan Stanley→ Equal-Weight
2026-02-24Mizuho→ Neutral
2026-02-23Barclays→ Overweight

Officers & Board

FounderJohn Moody current

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-08-12Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-07-22Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-04-22Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-04-16Shareholder Voteread
2026-04-15Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2026-02-18Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-01-12Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-12-19Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2025-10-22Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2025-10-17Bylaws Amendment, Other Material Event…read
2025-08-21Officer / Director Changeread
2025-07-23Earnings Release, Reg FD Disclosure…read

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-08-03Fauber RobertPresident and CEOSell300$145.29K
2026-08-03Fauber RobertPresident and CEOOption exercise592$67.10K
2026-08-03Fauber RobertPresident and CEOSell1.17K$565.18K
2026-08-03Fauber RobertPresident and CEOOption exercise575$96.31K
2026-07-01Fauber RobertPresident and CEOOption exercise592$67.10K
2026-07-01Fauber RobertPresident and CEOOption exercise575$96.31K
2026-07-01Fauber RobertPresident and CEOSell1.17K$531.56K
2026-07-01Kosmowski ChristinaCEO, Moody's AnalyticsGrant21.54K—
2026-07-01Fauber RobertPresident and CEOSell300$136.65K
2026-07-01Steele Richard GSVP - General CounselSell157$71.51K

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net-$2.92M
Insider buys / sells0 / 13
Insider biasSellers
13F holders0
Top-5 share0.0%
HHI0 (—)

Connections

Parents: Moody's Ratings

Dividends

Yield (TTM)0.42%
$ / share (TTM)$1.97
5y CAGR+10.9%

Annual dividend per share

2021$2.48
2022$2.80
2023$3.08
2024$3.40
2025$3.76
2026$1.03

Federal Contracts

AmountAgencyDescription
$22.49MDepartment of AgricultureTHE OBJECTIVE OF THE USDA FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION (FPAC) FARM SERVICES
$8.06MDepartment of DefensePURCHASE OF LICENSES FOR MOODY'S ANALYTICS ORBIS SOFTWARE (COTS ITEM)
$5.50MDepartment of AgricultureCREDIT REPORT PULLS, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M); DEVELOPMENT, MODERNIZATIO
$4.36MExport-Import Bank of the United StatesELECTRONIC INFO RETRIEVAL PLATFORM
$3.26MGeneral Services AdministrationGNMA ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES OF FINANCIAL DATA
$3.25MDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentMOODY'S ANALYTICS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES
$3.13MDepartment of AgricultureCREDIT LENS, RISK CALC AND MORTGAGE PORTFOLIO ANALYZER TOOLS FOR THE INNOVATION
$3.00MU.S. International Development Finance CorporationCONTINUED MAINTENANCE AND LICENSING OF THE CREDITLENS SOFTWARE PER SOLICITATION

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-128-Kview
2026-08-044view
2026-07-2310-Qview
2026-07-228-Kview
2026-07-024view
2026-07-024view
2026-07-024view
2026-07-024view
2026-06-2511-Kview
2026-06-223view
2026-06-084view
2026-06-084view
2026-06-084view
2026-06-084view
2026-06-084view

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$5.92B+6.2%
Operating income$2.14B+7.3%
Net income$2.06B+7.0%
Cash from ops$2.90B+7.0%

Indices

S&P 500

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$466.37$469.61$461.53$468.70651.10K
Sep 24$473.28$479.09$463.89$467.35577.30K
Sep 23$468.00$478.00$467.24$473.85789.60K
Sep 22$471.17$475.00$466.55$469.25761.70K
Sep 21$472.87$474.15$466.39$467.22685.10K

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