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NYSE:MCO

Moody's - MCO Competitors

$305.94
+5.00 (+1.66%)
(As of 03/31/2023 12:01 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$301.00
$306.22
50-Day Range
$285.09
$329.49
52-Week Range
$230.16
$346.22
Volume
133,157 shs
Average Volume
863,023 shs
Market Capitalization
$56.07 billion
P/E Ratio
41.12
Dividend Yield
1.01%
Price Target
$307.67

MCO vs. SMFG, USB, CCI, ICE, PNC, BN, PSA, BNS, BX, and SAN

Should you be buying Moody's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moody's include Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Crown Castle (CCI), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Brookfield (BN), Public Storage (PSA), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Blackstone (BX), and Banco Santander (SAN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Moody's vs.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (NYSE:SMFG) and Moody's (NYSE:MCO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

In the previous week, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group both had 7 articles in the media. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Moody's' score of -0.05 indicating that Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Moody's
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moody's has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Moody's has a net margin of 25.13% compared to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's net margin of 15.18%. Moody's' return on equity of 62.08% beat Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group 15.18% 7.45% 0.36%
Moody's 25.13% 62.08% 11.02%

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Moody's pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moody's pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Moody's has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Moody's has a consensus price target of $307.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. Given Moody's' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Moody's is more favorable than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Moody's
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

1.7% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Moody's shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Moody's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Moody's. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moody's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group$36.62 billion1.48$4.54 billion$0.928.55
Moody's$5.47 billion10.09$1.37 billion$7.4440.45

Moody's received 251 more outperform votes than Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.94% of users gave Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave Moody's an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial GroupOutperform Votes
247
66.94%
Underperform Votes
122
33.06%
Moody'sOutperform Votes
498
60.00%
Underperform Votes
332
40.00%

Summary

Moody's beats Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MCO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MCO vs. The Competition

MetricMoody'sConsumer credit reporting agencies, mercantile reporting agencies, IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$55.15B$26.64B$6.04B$14.47B
Dividend Yield1.05%1.08%8.33%3.88%
P/E Ratio40.4526.99145.5023.20
Price / Sales10.094.313,192.4110.52
Price / Cash28.0814.6131.7924.51
Price / Book20.505.703.516.81
Net Income$1.37B$740.02M$644.05M$868.28M
7 Day Performance2.80%0.70%6.85%2.91%
1 Month Performance3.72%-2.09%-5.40%-4.83%
1 Year Performance-10.81%-18.52%34.45%-12.88%

Moody's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
2.1569 of 5 stars
$7.99
-0.4%
N/A+20.3%$54.92B$36.62B8.68101,000Short Interest ↑
USB
U.S. Bancorp
3.2881 of 5 stars
$36.22
+1.9%
$53.42
+47.5%
-35.8%$55.48B$27.40B9.7678,192Options Volume
Analyst Revision
CCI
Crown Castle
2.5463 of 5 stars
$130.97
+2.7%
$159.36
+21.7%
-28.2%$56.77B$6.99B33.935,000Analyst Upgrade
ICE
Intercontinental Exchange
3.3798 of 5 stars
$101.67
+2.6%
$129.91
+27.8%
-23.5%$56.82B$9.64B39.568,911
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
3.6254 of 5 stars
$128.92
+1.6%
$179.69
+39.4%
-33.4%$51.53B$23.54B9.2961,545Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
BN
Brookfield
2.5546 of 5 stars
$31.19
+3.9%
$51.00
+63.5%
N/A$51.12B$92.77B26.89180,000Insider Selling
PSA
Public Storage
2.9209 of 5 stars
$290.24
+2.9%
$368.91
+27.1%
-25.6%$51.01B$4.18B12.365,900Analyst Revision
Positive News
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
2.2635 of 5 stars
$50.01
+2.0%
$87.15
+74.3%
-31.6%$59.60B$36.40B8.9990,979Short Interest ↑
BX
Blackstone
3.1449 of 5 stars
$85.18
+1.8%
$112.33
+31.9%
-32.6%$60.17B$8.52B35.944,695Insider Buying
SAN
Banco Santander
2.0705 of 5 stars
$3.66
+2.5%
$3.94
+7.8%
+6.9%$61.47B$54.92B6.31206,462
This page (NYSE:MCO) was last updated on 3/31/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff