Moody's (MCO) Competitors

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

Is MCO or CSQ 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
Moody's	29.15%	60.37%	15.33%
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate MCO or CSQ?

Moody's presently has a consensus price target of $519.07, indicating a potential upside of 3.93%. Given Moody's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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	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

Does the media refer more to MCO or CSQ?

In the previous week, Moody's had 31 more articles in the media than Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Moody's and 1 mentions for Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Moody's' score of 0.99 indicating that Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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 6.7%. 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.

Which has preferable 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	12.68	$2.06B	$11.58	43.13
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund	$280.21M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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