Moody's (MCO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) is a global provider of credit ratings, research, data, and analytical tools. Through Moody’s Ratings, the company evaluates the creditworthiness of companies, governments, financial institutions, and structured finance securities, offering opinions and research used by investors, issuers, and other market participants.

Through Moody’s Analytics, the company provides financial intelligence, economic research, risk assessment tools, data, and software. Its products support credit and market risk management, compliance, portfolio analysis, lending, insurance, and corporate planning.

Moody’s traces its origins to 1909, when John Moody published an analysis of railroad securities. The company serves clients across global capital markets and operates internationally, with products and services used in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and other regions.

Moody’s Corporation is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Rob Fauber, who has served as CEO since 2021.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $450.00 to $454.84
• 50-Day Range: $441.40 to $515.69
• 52-Week Range: $402.28 to $546.88
• Volume: 219,414 shs
• Average Volume: 1.07 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $78.63 billion
• P/E Ratio: 28.79
• Dividend Yield: 0.91%
• Price Target: $555.12
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Moody's Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Moody's scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 173rd out of 836 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Moody's has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.79, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 13 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Moody's has a consensus price target of $555.12, representing about 22.4% upside from its current price of $453.54.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Moody's has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.90%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Moody's are expected to grow by 10.90% in the coming year, from $16.98 to $18.83 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Moody's is 28.76, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.69.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Moody's is 28.76, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.49.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Moody's has a PEG Ratio of 2.30. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Moody's has a P/B Ratio of 19.24. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.64% of the float of Moody's has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Moody's has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.31.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Moody's has recently increased by 11.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Moody's has a dividend yield of 0.93%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Moody's has been increasing its dividend for 16 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Moody's is 26.13%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Moody's will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.88% next year. This indicates that Moody's will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.34

News Sentiment

Moody's has a news sentiment score of 0.34. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for Moody's this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 8 people have searched for MCO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -20% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Moody's to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -60% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Moody's insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,130,433.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.14% of the stock of Moody's is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.11% of the stock of Moody's is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Record date for 9/4 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/4 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/04/2026
• Today: 10/06/2026
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 10/21/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Financial Exchanges & Data
• Current Symbol: NYSE:MCO
• CIK: 1059556
• Web: www.moodys.com
• Phone: (212) 553-0300
• Fax: 212-553-4919
• Employees: 16,076
• Year Founded: 1900

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Moody's: $555.12
• High Price Target: $610.00
• Low Price Target: $500.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +22.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.79
• Research Coverage: 19 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $15.77
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 28.79
• Forward P/E Ratio: 26.73
• P/E Growth: 2.3
• Net Income: $2.46 billion
• Net Margins: 34.25%
• Pretax Margin: 44.06%
• Return on Equity: 80.35%
• Return on Assets: 19.38%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.01
• Current Ratio: 1.19
• Quick Ratio: 1.19

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $7.72 billion
• Price / Sales: 10.19
• Cash Flow: $18.26 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.86
• Book Value: $23.57 per share
• Price / Book: 19.26

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 173,200,000
• Free Float: 172,958,000
• Market Cap: $78.63 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.35