Moody's (MCO) Competitors

Moody's (NYSE:MCO) and Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NASDAQ:CSQ) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.

Is MCO or CSQ more profitable?

Moody's has a net margin of 29.18% compared to Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Moody's' return on equity of 60.73% beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Moody's	29.18%	60.73%	15.47%
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MCO or CSQ?

Moody's has higher revenue and earnings than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Moody's	$7.09B	12.88	$2.06B	$11.77	43.32
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	$280.21M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MCO or CSQ a better dividend stock?

Moody's pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Moody's pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moody's has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend MCO or CSQ?

Moody's currently has a consensus price target of $538.80, suggesting a potential upside of 5.66%. Given Moody's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Moody's is more favorable than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Moody's	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MCO or CSQ?

92.1% of Moody's shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Moody's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer MCO or CSQ?

In the previous week, Moody's had 38 more articles in the media than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Moody's and 2 mentions for Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Moody's' score of 1.31 indicating that Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Moody's	30 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Moody's beats Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.