Moody's Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 4/6
Moody's has a total shareholder equity of $4.1B and total debt of $7.7B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 189.2%. Its total assets and total liabilities are $15.8B and $11.7B respectively. Moody's's EBIT is $2.9B making its interest coverage ratio 11.4. It has cash and short-term investments of $3.2B.
Key information
189.2%
Debt to equity ratio
US$7.70b
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | 11.4x |
| Cash | US$3.22b |
| Equity | US$4.07b |
| Total liabilities | US$11.70b |
| Total assets | US$15.77b |
Recent financial health updates
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Recent updates
Risks To Shareholder Returns Are Elevated At These Prices For Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO)
Dec 15
Moody's: Overvalued But Still A Hold
Dec 06Moody's Q3 Earnings: Emerging Benefactors And Solid Baseline Results
Oct 23Moody's: Fundamentals Are Better Than Expected, But Valuation Is Still High
Sep 25Moody's: Capitalize On The Upcoming Global Easing Cycle
Aug 28Moody's Corporation: Great Business But Currently Very Expensive
Aug 15Moody's Corporation Just Beat EPS By 8.2%: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next
Jul 26Moody's: Q2 Earnings, What To Expect And What I Am Doing As Investor
Jul 20Moody's Corporation's (NYSE:MCO) P/E Still Appears To Be Reasonable
Jul 16Wide Moat Dividend Growth - What Makes Moody's Such A Powerful Compounder
Jun 10Moody's: Potential Growth Slowdown And Relatively High Valuation (Rating Downgrade)
May 24Moody's: The Valuation Doesn't Convince Me
Apr 24Moody's: Perfectly Aligned For Cyclical And Secular Growth
Apr 16Shareholders Should Be Pleased With Moody's Corporation's (NYSE:MCO) Price
Apr 02Moody's: Rating Agency Gets Re-Rated Itself
Feb 15Unveiling Moody's: The Untold Story Behind Berkshire's Investment
Jan 18Moody's Is The Perfect Stock For My Portfolio
Nov 20Moody's: A Wonderful Company At A Fair Price
Oct 19Ratings Firm Moody's Gets Hold Rating After Overheated Valuation.
Sep 16Moody's: Initiate Long On Better Than Expected Q2 2023 Performance
Aug 05Moody's Q2 Earnings: Not Worth An All-Time High Valuation
Jul 26Moody's: Supreme Business Continuing To Compound
Jun 15Moody's: Dominant Business But A Little Pricey
Jun 06Moody's: There Are Better Options
Feb 21Moody's Has Growing Dividends And Buffett Owns It, But Should You?
Feb 06Moody's Q4 2022 Earnings Preview
Jan 30Moody's: Rarely Cheap, But A 'Buy' When That's The Case
Dec 21Moody's Q3 2022 Earnings Preview
Oct 24Moody's: Lacking Stability
Oct 12Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: MCO's short term assets ($5.4B) exceed its short term liabilities ($3.2B).
Long Term Liabilities: MCO's short term assets ($5.4B) do not cover its long term liabilities ($8.5B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: MCO's net debt to equity ratio (110.1%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: MCO's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 745% to 189.2% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: MCO's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (34.3%).
Interest Coverage: MCO's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (11.4x coverage).
Balance Sheet
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2024/12/26 07:35 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2024/12/24 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2023/12/31 |
Data Sources
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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 |
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| John Eade | Argus Research Company |
| Jeffrey Meuler | Baird |
| Ishan Majumdar | Baptista Research |