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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Do insiders and 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

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 6.4%. Moody's pays out 31.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moody's has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate MCO or CSQ?

Moody's currently has a consensus price target of $541.21, suggesting a potential upside of 11.89%. Given Moody's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor MCO or CSQ?

In the previous week, Moody's had 36 more articles in the media than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Moody's and 1 mentions for Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's score of 1.00 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	12.22	$2.06B	$11.77	41.10
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	$280.21M	N/A	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.