Moody's (MCO) Competitors

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

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 0.8%. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. 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.

Does the media favor MCO or CSQ?

In the previous week, Moody's had 34 more articles in the media than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Moody's and 0 mentions for Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Moody's	Positive
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	Neutral

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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate MCO or CSQ?

Moody's currently has a consensus price target of $542.87, suggesting a potential upside of 15.33%. Given Moody's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation and 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	11.89	$2.06B	$11.77	39.99
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	$280.21M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

Summary

Moody's beats Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.