Moody's/$MCO
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About Moody's
Moody's, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed-income securities. The ratings segment, Moody's Investors Service, includes corporate, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm's profit and often (depending on bond issuance levels) a majority of the firm's revenue. The other segment, Moody's Analytics, consists of decision solutions, research and insights, and data and information.
- Ticker
- $MCO
- Sector
- Finance
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 15,636
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Website
- www.moodys.com
Moody's Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$89B
31.45
$16.37
1.35
$4.03
0.80%
Price and volume
Market cap
$89B
Beta
1.35
52-week high
$546.88
52-week low
$402.28
Average daily volume
969K
Dividend rate
$4.03
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.287
Quick ratio
1.051
Long term debt to equity
2.038
Total debt to equity
2.233
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
24.63%
Interest coverage (TTM)
15.49%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
4,049
Gross margin (TTM)
74.63%
Net profit margin (TTM)
35.26%
Operating margin (TTM)
46.04%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
21.89%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$520,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
15.56%
Return on equity (TTM)
76.74%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
31.447
Price to revenue (TTM)
11.048
Price to book
27.17
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-18.77
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
30.343
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.30%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
16.97
Dividend yield (TTM)
0.78%
Forward dividend yield
0.80%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
9.00%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
31.87%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
12.61%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
8.77%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
25.84%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
13.45%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
10.22%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
10.76%
What the Analysts think about Moody's
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Moody's stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Moody's stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Moody’s Analytics is building a steadier recurring-revenue base: recurring revenue rose 6% (9% on an organic constant-currency basis) and made up 99% of the segment’s revenue, while ARR grew 8% to $3.7 billion. (SEC)
Moody’s is placing its ratings and research inside major AI platforms, including Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services. This could make its data more useful within customers’ everyday workflows and support wider adoption of its analytics. (Moody’s)
Long-term financing needs could support future ratings activity: management cited more than $5 trillion of refinancing needs across the US and EMEA over four years, alongside investment in AI, data centres and infrastructure. (The Motley Fool)
Ratings transaction activity weakened, with Moody’s Investors Service revenue down 1% and transaction revenue down 5% in the third quarter. High-yield transaction revenue fell 40% and leveraged-loan transaction revenue fell 27%, exposing the business to swings in speculative-grade issuance. (SEC)
Near-term issuance and credit conditions remain a risk: management expects rated issuance to fall by a mid-teens percentage in the fourth quarter and raised its year-end global speculative-grade default-rate assumption to about 3.8%. It warned that wider spreads or tighter access for lower-rated borrowers could push results towards the lower end of guidance. (SEC)
The shares’ valuation leaves limited room for disappointment: Moody’s was described as trading at roughly 28–30 times earnings even as third-quarter revenue grew just 1%. A high multiple could amplify a re-rating if growth remains subdued. (Seeking Alpha)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 29 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing Moody's
AllUSDEURGBP
Fund name | Fund size | $MCO weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P 500 Financials Sector$IUFS | $2.3B | 0.93% |
iShares S&P 500 Financials Sector£UIFS | $2.3B | 0.93% |
Invesco Financials S&P US Select Sector$XLFS | $396M | 0.90% |
Invesco S&P US Select Sector Financials£XLFQ | $396M | 0.90% |
iShares MSCI USA SRI€QDVR | $3.2B | 0.54% |
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