MCO * Stock Overview

Operates as an integrated risk assessment firm worldwide. More details

MCO * fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	2/6
Past Performance	5/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 9.37% per year

Earnings grew by 32.4% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Shares are highly illiquid

Has a high level of debt

Significant insider selling over the past 3 months

My Notes

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Moody's Corporation Competitors

Bolsa Mexicana de Valores. de

BMV:BOLSA A

Mex$19.0b

Intercontinental Exchange

NYSE:ICE

US$86.3b

CME Group

NasdaqGS:CME

US$86.0b

London Stock Exchange Group

LSE:LSEG

UK£60.2b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Moody's
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$9,398.18
52 Week High	US$9,661.54
52 Week Low	US$6,315.00
Beta	1.3
1 Month Change	1.69%
3 Month Change	-2.15%
1 Year Change	43.02%
3 Year Change	15.62%
5 Year Change	109.55%
Change since IPO	325.84%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	MCO *	MX Capital Markets	MX Market
7D	-2.6%	-0.9%	-4.3%
1Y	43.0%	-2.4%	-14.0%

Return vs Industry: MCO * exceeded the MX Capital Markets industry which returned -2.4% over the past year.

Return vs Market: MCO * exceeded the MX Market which returned -14% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is MCO *'s price volatile compared to industry and market?
MCO * volatility
MCO * Average Weekly Movement	n/a
Capital Markets Industry Average Movement	4.0%
Market Average Movement	4.1%
10% most volatile stocks in MX Market	6.0%
10% least volatile stocks in MX Market	2.6%

Stable Share Price: MCO *'s share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the MX market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine MCO *'s volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1900	15,776	Rob Fauber	www.moodys.com

Moody's Corporation operates as an integrated risk assessment firm worldwide. It operates in two segments, Moody’s Analytics and Moody’s Investors Services. The Moody’s Analytics segment develops a range of products and services that support the risk management activities of institutional participants in financial markets.

Moody's Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do Moody's's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
MCO * fundamental statistics
Market cap	Mex$1.70t
Earnings (TTM)	Mex$40.21b
Revenue (TTM)	Mex$138.43b

42.2x

P/E Ratio

12.3x

P/S Ratio

Is MCO * overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
MCO * income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$6.90b
Cost of Revenue	US$1.87b
Gross Profit	US$5.03b
Other Expenses	US$3.02b
Earnings	US$2.00b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	11.05
Gross Margin	72.90%
Net Profit Margin	29.05%
Debt/Equity Ratio	189.2%

How did MCO * perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

0.7%

Current Dividend Yield

30%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/22 09:26
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

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

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Moody's Corporation is covered by 40 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

MCO * Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

Moody's Corporation Competitors

BMV:BOLSA A

Mex$19.0b

NYSE:ICE

US$86.3b

NasdaqGS:CME

US$86.0b

LSE:LSEG

UK£60.2b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Insufficient new directors

LeaseCrunch LLC acquired Finagraph from Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO) and Booyami, Inc.

Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO) acquired Numerated Growth Technologies, Inc.

Upcoming dividend of US$0.85 per share

President of Moody's Ratings recently sold Mex$5.7m worth of stock

Third quarter dividend of US$0.85 announced

Recent updates

Insufficient new directors

LeaseCrunch LLC acquired Finagraph from Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO) and Booyami, Inc.

Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO) acquired Numerated Growth Technologies, Inc.

Upcoming dividend of US$0.85 per share

President of Moody's Ratings recently sold Mex$5.7m worth of stock

Third quarter dividend of US$0.85 announced

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$2.94 (vs US$2.12 in 3Q 2023)

Moody's Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2024

Moody's Corporation to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Oct 22, 2024

Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO) acquired Praedicat, Inc.

Upcoming dividend of US$0.85 per share

President of Moody's Ratings recently sold Mex$9.2m worth of stock

Second quarter dividend of US$0.85 announced

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$3.03 (vs US$2.05 in 2Q 2023)

Moody's Corporation Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend Payable on September 6, 2024

Moody's Corporation to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 23, 2024

Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO) acquired remaining 49% stake in Global Credit Rating Co (Pty) Ltd.

Moody's Corporation(NYSE:MCO) dropped from Russell 3000 Value Index

Diligent Announces Enterprise Risk Management Dashboard Powered by Moody's Proprietary Data, Providing A Comprehensive View of External Risk

First quarter dividend of US$0.85 announced

Moody's Corporation Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend, Payable on June 7, 2024

Bitsight and Moody's Launch New Cyber Risk Solution Covering More Than 325 Million Organizations

Moody's Corporation to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 02, 2024

Moody's Corporation Appoints Atsi Sheth as Chief Credit Officer

Moody's Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Apr 16, 2024

Senior VP & General Counsel recently sold Mex$2.0m worth of stock

Fourth quarter dividend of US$0.85 announced

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$8.77 (vs US$7.47 in FY 2022)

Moody's Corporation Announces Executive Changes

Moody's Corporation to Report Second Half, 2023 Results on Feb 13, 2024

Moody's Corporation Launches Moody’s Research Assistant, GenAI Tool to Power Analytic Insights

Upcoming dividend of US$0.77 per share at 0.9% yield

Insider recently sold Mex$4.6m worth of stock

Moody's Corporation Announces Management Changes

Moody's Corporation to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Oct 25, 2023

Moody's Corporation Appoints Richard Steele as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Effective September 5, 2023

Chief Accounting Officer recently sold Mex$1.7m worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.77 per share at 0.9% yield

Moody's Corporation Announces Chief Financial Officer Changes, Effective September 5, 2023

Insider recently sold Mex$16m worth of stock

Moody's Corporation Announces Executive Changes

Moody's Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2023

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$2.05 (vs US$1.78 in 2Q 2022)

Moody's Corporation to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Jul 25, 2023

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$2.73 (vs US$2.69 in 1Q 2022)

Executive VP & General Counsel recently sold Mex$46m worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.77 per share at 1.0% yield

Full year 2022 earnings released

Moody's Corporation to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Jan 31, 2023

Moody's Corporation Names Francisco Martinez-Garcia as Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer

Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO) agreed to acquire SCRiesgo.

Upcoming dividend of US$0.70 per share

Chief Accounting Officer recently sold Mex$2.0m worth of stock

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$1.65 (vs US$2.55 in 3Q 2021)

Moody's Corporation Elects Jose Minaya to Board of Directors, Audit, Governance & Nominating and Compensation & Human Resources Committees

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Moody's Corporation to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Oct 25, 2022

Upcoming dividend of US$0.70 per share

Insider recently sold Mex$5.0m worth of stock