Moody's Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:MCO Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
08 Nov 24	SellUS$284,664	Michael West	Individual	600	US$474.44
09 Aug 24	SellUS$232,030	Stephen Tulenko	Individual	500	US$464.06
06 Aug 24	SellUS$705,314	Stephen Tulenko	Individual	1,568.8	US$452.62
31 Jul 24	SellUS$525,116	Stephen Tulenko	Individual	1,146.57	US$457.99
29 Jul 24	SellUS$494,978	Michael West	Individual	1,100	US$449.98
04 Mar 24	SellUS$116,284	Richard Steele	Individual	304.14	US$382.34

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: MCO insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of MCO?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	166,293	0.0918%
Individual Insiders	171,967	0.0949%
Hedge Funds	13,246,769	7.31%
General Public	15,783,975	8.71%
Public Companies	24,669,778	13.6%
Institutions	127,191,889	70.2%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 62.84% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
13.6%	Berkshire Hathaway Inc.	24,669,778	US$12.2b	0%	no data
8.07%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	14,632,261	US$7.3b	0.48%	0.1%
7.37%	BlackRock, Inc.	13,363,484	US$6.6b	1.34%	0.1%
7.31%	TCI Fund Management Limited	13,246,769	US$6.6b	0%	11.52%
3.89%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	7,047,772	US$3.5b	0.91%	0.13%
3.1%	FMR LLC	5,616,688	US$2.8b	13.4%	0.16%
1.99%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	3,612,172	US$1.8b	13%	0.12%
1.86%	Akre Capital Management, LLC	3,362,880	US$1.7b	-20.3%	11.0%
1.68%	Fiera Capital Corporation	3,038,153	US$1.5b	-4.09%	3.46%
1.2%	Jennison Associates LLC	2,180,977	US$1.1b	-6.53%	0.61%
1.15%	Massachusetts Financial Services Company	2,075,719	US$1.0b	32%	0.21%
1.08%	Norges Bank Investment Management	1,951,249	US$968.7m	0%	0.08%
1.02%	UBS Asset Management AG	1,854,267	US$920.6m	4.62%	0.09%
0.96%	Eaton Vance Management	1,738,744	US$863.2m	0%	0.19%
0.93%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	1,683,696	US$835.9m	-1.52%	0.15%
0.89%	Ninety One UK Limited	1,610,857	US$799.7m	-2.1%	1.16%
0.86%	Walter Scott & Partners Limited	1,567,411	US$778.2m	0.2%	1.65%
0.85%	PineStone Asset Management Inc.	1,537,331	US$763.2m	3.61%	5.92%
0.81%	Northern Trust Global Investments	1,474,276	US$731.9m	-3.71%	0.11%
0.81%	Longview Partners (Guernsey) Limited	1,469,867	US$729.7m	0.02%	4.71%
0.73%	BNY Asset Management	1,319,560	US$655.1m	-1.44%	0.12%
0.71%	Valley Forge Capital Management, LP	1,288,444	US$639.7m	5.75%	13.92%
0.71%	JP Morgan Asset Management	1,278,932	US$634.9m	2.36%	0.07%
0.65%	The WindAcre Partnership LLC	1,176,000	US$583.9m	-28.1%	6.32%
0.6%	Rothschild and Co Wealth Management UK Limited	1,083,090	US$537.7m	-20.4%	7.34%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/02/04 05:10
End of Day Share Price	2025/02/04 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Moody's Corporation is covered by 39 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
John Eade	Argus Research Company
Jeffrey Meuler	Baird
Ishan Majumdar	Baptista Research