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MCO

Moody's Corporation

MCO

NYSE·Financial Services·Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges·Mkt cap $81.8B

$486.68

+3.91%

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52-Week Range

$402.28 - $546.88

P/E

34.91

Fwd P/E

29.50

Beta

1.34

Div Yield

0.84%

Avg Vol

1.1M

Shares Out

174.7M

Mkt Cap

$81.8B

Price action

Price chart

Down 5.8% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Unparalleled market reputation
  • Comprehensive global coverage
  • Deep financial expertise
  • Sophisticated predictive analytics

Bear Case

2 risks

  • Average volatility.
  • Premium valuation to Financial Data & Infrastructure peers

Growth

Stable outlook

Increasing global financial complexity

Value

Premium valuation to Financial Data & Infrastructure peers

Momentum

Strong

+6.2% over 3m

Quality

Excellent

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Modest

0.84% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Apr 20, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

APR 22, 2026

Reported EPS of $4.33 vs $4.22 consensus (+2.6% surprise). Revenue of $2.1B vs $2.1B expected (+0.5%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +2.6%
Rev beat +0.5%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+2.6%

Next: Apr 20, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+15%

+8%

+5%

+12%

+15%

+8%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$1.8B

$1.7B

$1.6B

$1.9B

$1.9B

$2.0B

$1.9B

$2.1B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

74.5%

Operating

44.3%

Profit

31.8%

Wall Street consensus

10 analysts · 70% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

7

70%

Hold

3

30%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$535.00

+9.9% vs $486.68

Low $489.00
Median $535.00
High $590.00

Latest: Mizuho · $521.00 · Apr 28, 2026

5 analysts covering

vs Industry

How MCO stacks vs Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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