Moody's (MCO) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to CSQ or MCO?

In the previous week, Moody's had 39 more articles in the media than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Moody's and 1 mentions for Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's score of 1.00 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CSQ or MCO?

92.1% of Moody's shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Moody's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CSQ or MCO a better dividend stock?

Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Moody's pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Moody's pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moody's has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Is CSQ or MCO more profitable?

Moody's has a net margin of 29.15% compared to Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Moody's' return on equity of 60.37% beat Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Moody's	29.15%	60.37%	15.33%

Do analysts recommend CSQ or MCO?

Moody's has a consensus price target of $519.07, indicating a potential upside of 3.42%. Given Moody's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Moody's	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CSQ or MCO?

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
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	$280.21M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Moody's	$7.09B	12.74	$2.06B	$11.58	43.34

Summary

Moody's beats Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.