Moody's (MCO) Competitors

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MCO vs. NDAQ, SEIC, SSNC, TROW, and BLK

Should you buy Moody's stock or one of its competitors? MarketBeat compares Moody's with other companies and stocks that may be similar based on industry, sector, market capitalization, business model, investor interest, or shared news coverage. Companies and stocks commonly compared with Moody's include Nasdaq (NDAQ), SEI Investments (SEIC), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), and BlackRock (BLK).

How does Moody's compare to Nasdaq?

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

Moody's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nasdaq. Nasdaq 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
Moody's$7.72B10.06$2.46B$13.9531.87
Nasdaq$8.22B5.68$1.79B$3.3224.85

Moody's has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Nasdaq has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the broader market.

Moody's has a net margin of 31.69% compared to Nasdaq's net margin of 23.15%. Moody's' return on equity of 70.97% beat Nasdaq's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Moody's31.69% 70.97% 17.98%
Nasdaq 23.15%17.51%7.06%

In the previous week, Moody's had 4 more articles in the media than Nasdaq. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Moody's and 24 mentions for Nasdaq. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Nasdaq's score of 1.09 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Moody's
26 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nasdaq
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Moody's pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Nasdaq pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Moody's pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nasdaq pays out 37.3% 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 raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Nasdaq has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Moody's currently has a consensus target price of $541.83, suggesting a potential upside of 21.89%. Nasdaq has a consensus target price of $106.79, suggesting a potential upside of 29.45%. Given Nasdaq's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Nasdaq is more favorable than Moody's.

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
Nasdaq
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93

92.1% of Moody's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.5% of Nasdaq shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Moody's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Nasdaq shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Moody's beats Nasdaq on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Moody's compare to SEI Investments?

Moody's (NYSE:MCO) and SEI Investments (NASDAQ:SEIC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Moody's has higher revenue and earnings than SEI Investments. SEI Investments 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
Moody's$7.72B10.06$2.46B$13.9531.87
SEI Investments$2.30B4.72$715.30M$5.8615.39

Moody's has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, SEI Investments has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the broader market.

Moody's pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. SEI Investments pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Moody's pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SEI Investments pays out 17.7% 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 raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and SEI Investments has raised its dividend for 34 consecutive years. SEI Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

92.1% of Moody's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of SEI Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Moody's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of SEI Investments 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.

In the previous week, Moody's had 22 more articles in the media than SEI Investments. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Moody's and 6 mentions for SEI Investments. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat SEI Investments' score of 0.88 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Moody's
26 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SEI Investments
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Moody's presently has a consensus price target of $541.83, indicating a potential upside of 21.89%. SEI Investments has a consensus price target of $103.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.18%. Given Moody's' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Moody's is more favorable than SEI Investments.

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
SEI Investments
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

Moody's has a net margin of 31.69% compared to SEI Investments' net margin of 31.17%. Moody's' return on equity of 70.97% beat SEI Investments' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Moody's31.69% 70.97% 17.98%
SEI Investments 31.17%30.70%24.76%

Summary

Moody's beats SEI Investments on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Moody's compare to SS&C Technologies?

SS&C Technologies (NASDAQ:SSNC) and Moody's (NYSE:MCO) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Moody's had 23 more articles in the media than SS&C Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Moody's and 5 mentions for SS&C Technologies. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat SS&C Technologies' score of 1.18 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SS&C Technologies
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Moody's
26 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Moody's has a net margin of 31.69% compared to SS&C Technologies' net margin of 12.65%. Moody's' return on equity of 70.97% beat SS&C Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SS&C Technologies12.65% 20.15% 7.05%
Moody's 31.69%70.97%17.98%

Moody's has higher revenue and earnings than SS&C Technologies. SS&C Technologies 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
SS&C Technologies$6.27B2.54$796.90M$3.2320.49
Moody's$7.72B10.06$2.46B$13.9531.87

SS&C Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Moody's pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. SS&C Technologies pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moody's pays out 29.5% 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. SS&C Technologies has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years and Moody's has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

96.9% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Moody's shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of SS&C Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Moody's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

SS&C Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $96.13, suggesting a potential upside of 45.25%. Moody's has a consensus price target of $541.83, suggesting a potential upside of 21.89%. Given SS&C Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SS&C Technologies is more favorable than Moody's.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SS&C Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Moody's
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74

SS&C Technologies has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Moody's has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the broader market.

Summary

Moody's beats SS&C Technologies on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Moody's compare to T. Rowe Price Group?

Moody's (NYSE:MCO) and T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation and profitability.

In the previous week, Moody's had 19 more articles in the media than T. Rowe Price Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Moody's and 9 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat T. Rowe Price Group's score of 0.96 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Moody's
26 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
T. Rowe Price Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Moody's has a net margin of 31.69% compared to T. Rowe Price Group's net margin of 28.28%. Moody's' return on equity of 70.97% beat T. Rowe Price Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Moody's31.69% 70.97% 17.98%
T. Rowe Price Group 28.28%20.60%15.55%

Moody's has higher revenue and earnings than T. Rowe Price Group. T. Rowe Price 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
Moody's$7.72B10.06$2.46B$13.9531.87
T. Rowe Price Group$7.41B3.07$2.09B$9.3311.36

Moody's currently has a consensus target price of $541.83, suggesting a potential upside of 21.89%. T. Rowe Price Group has a consensus target price of $100.08, suggesting a potential downside of 5.59%. Given Moody's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Moody's is more favorable than T. Rowe Price Group.

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
T. Rowe Price Group
4 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.73

92.1% of Moody's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Moody's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Moody's has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the broader market.

Moody's pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. T. Rowe Price Group pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Moody's pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 55.7% 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 16 consecutive years and T. Rowe Price Group has increased its dividend for 39 consecutive years. T. Rowe Price Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Moody's beats T. Rowe Price Group on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does Moody's compare to BlackRock?

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

Moody's has a net margin of 31.69% compared to BlackRock's net margin of 24.40%. Moody's' return on equity of 70.97% beat BlackRock's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Moody's31.69% 70.97% 17.98%
BlackRock 24.40%14.74%4.95%

Moody's pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. BlackRock pays an annual dividend of $22.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Moody's pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock pays out 57.5% 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 raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and BlackRock has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Moody's presently has a consensus target price of $541.83, suggesting a potential upside of 21.89%. BlackRock has a consensus target price of $1,267.39, suggesting a potential upside of 24.72%. Given BlackRock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BlackRock is more favorable than Moody's.

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
BlackRock
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.90

92.1% of Moody's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of BlackRock shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Moody's shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of BlackRock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Moody's has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, BlackRock has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the broader market.

BlackRock has higher revenue and earnings than Moody's. BlackRock 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
Moody's$7.72B10.06$2.46B$13.9531.87
BlackRock$24.22B6.51$5.55B$39.8425.51

In the previous week, BlackRock had 40 more articles in the media than Moody's. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for BlackRock and 28 mentions for Moody's. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat BlackRock's score of 1.03 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Moody's
26 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BlackRock
44 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

BlackRock beats Moody's on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MCO vs. The Competition

MetricMoody'sFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$77.66B$7.11B$13.96B$23.13B
Dividend Yield0.91%5.35%5.74%4.06%
P/E Ratio31.8717.7320.2331.08
Price / Sales10.068.94139.8120.72
Price / Cash25.3956.1019.5418.65
Price / Book18.863.502.254.65
Net Income$2.46B$303.39M$1.14B$1.07B
7 Day Performance-5.21%-1.34%-0.21%-1.04%
1 Month Performance-1.06%-0.42%1.13%0.18%
1 Year Performance-6.66%14.53%15.50%24.25%

Moody's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MCO
Moody's
4.8872 of 5 stars
$444.54
-0.6%
$541.83
+21.9%
-4.7%$77.66B$7.72B31.8716,076
NDAQ
Nasdaq
4.924 of 5 stars
$91.04
+2.3%
$107.36
+17.9%
-4.1%$50.32B$8.22B27.429,525
SEIC
SEI Investments
4.8112 of 5 stars
$89.57
+0.2%
$103.00
+15.0%
+8.8%$10.75B$2.30B15.295,029
SSNC
SS&C Technologies
4.9687 of 5 stars
$67.42
-0.4%
$96.13
+42.6%
-18.0%$16.30B$6.27B20.8728,800
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
3.2425 of 5 stars
$108.61
-0.9%
$100.08
-7.9%
+15.9%$23.49B$7.31B11.647,773

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