Moody's Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Moody's' CEO is Rob Fauber, appointed in Jan 2021, has a tenure of 3.83 years. total yearly compensation is $14.39M, comprised of 7% salary and 93% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.034% of the company’s shares, worth $28.76M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.8 years and 6.1 years respectively.

Key information

Rob Fauber

Chief executive officer

US$14.4m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	7.0%
CEO tenure	3.8yrs
CEO ownership	0.03%
Management average tenure	2.8yrs
Board average tenure	6.1yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Moody's Corporation Just Beat EPS By 8.2%: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

Jul 26

Moody's: Q2 Earnings, What To Expect And What I Am Doing As Investor

Jul 20

Moody's Corporation's (NYSE:MCO) P/E Still Appears To Be Reasonable

Jul 16

Wide Moat Dividend Growth - What Makes Moody's Such A Powerful Compounder

Jun 10

Moody's: Potential Growth Slowdown And Relatively High Valuation (Rating Downgrade)

May 24

Moody's: The Valuation Doesn't Convince Me

Apr 24

Moody's: Perfectly Aligned For Cyclical And Secular Growth

Apr 16

Shareholders Should Be Pleased With Moody's Corporation's (NYSE:MCO) Price

Apr 02

Moody's: Rating Agency Gets Re-Rated Itself

Feb 15

Unveiling Moody's: The Untold Story Behind Berkshire's Investment

Jan 18

Market Participants Recognise Moody's Corporation's (NYSE:MCO) Earnings

Dec 18

Moody's Is The Perfect Stock For My Portfolio

Nov 20

Moody's: A Wonderful Company At A Fair Price

Oct 19

Ratings Firm Moody's Gets Hold Rating After Overheated Valuation.

Sep 16

Moody's: Initiate Long On Better Than Expected Q2 2023 Performance

Aug 05

Moody's Q2 Earnings: Not Worth An All-Time High Valuation

Jul 26

Moody's: Supreme Business Continuing To Compound

Jun 15

Moody's: Dominant Business But A Little Pricey

Jun 06

Moody's: There Are Better Options

Feb 21

Moody's Has Growing Dividends And Buffett Owns It, But Should You?

Feb 06

Moody's' (NYSE:MCO) Dividend Will Be Increased To $0.77

Feb 04

Moody's Q4 2022 Earnings Preview

Jan 30

Moody's: Rarely Cheap, But A 'Buy' When That's The Case

Dec 21

Moody's Q3 2022 Earnings Preview

Oct 24

Moody's: Lacking Stability

Oct 12

Moody's Corporation: I Still See Downside Risk

Sep 27

Moody's goes ex dividend tomorrow

Aug 17

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Rob Fauber's remuneration changed compared to Moody's's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 31 2023	US$14m	US$1m	US$2b
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2022	US$12m	US$975k	US$1b
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 31 2021	US$10m	US$900k	US$2b
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 31 2020	US$6m	US$700k	US$2b
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 31 2019	US$5m	US$596k	US$1b
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2018	US$3m	US$561k	US$1b
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Jun 30 2018	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Dec 31 2017	US$3m	US$515k	US$1b

Compensation vs Market: Rob's total compensation ($USD14.39M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD12.73M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Rob's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Rob Fauber (54 yo)

3.8yrs

Tenure

US$14,387,659

Compensation

Mr. Robert Scott Fauber, also known as Rob, has been President and Chief Executive Officer at Moody’s Corporation since January 1, 2021. He serves as Director of Moody's Corporation since October 22, 2020...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Robert Fauber	President	3.8yrs	US$14.39m	0.034% $ 28.8m
Caroline Sullivan	Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller	less than a year	US$1.38m	0.00078% $ 662.7k
Richard Steele	Senior VP & General Counsel	1.2yrs	US$2.38m	0.0025% $ 2.2m
Michael West	President of Moody's Ratings	5yrs	US$4.06m	0.0047% $ 4.0m
Stephen Tulenko	President of Moody's Analytics	5yrs	US$4.32m	0.0037% $ 3.1m
Noemie Heuland	Senior VP & CFO	less than a year	no data	no data
Scott Minter	Chief Technology Services Officer	no data	no data	no data
Tameka Alsop	Senior VP & Chief Administrative Officer	2.1yrs	no data	no data
Shivani Kak	Head of Investor Relations	5.2yrs	no data	no data
Andrew Weinberg	Chief Compliance Officer	no data	no data	no data
Michael Adler	Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications	no data	no data	no data
Maral Kazanjian	Senior VP & Chief People Officer	2.8yrs	no data	no data

2.8yrs

Average Tenure

54.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: MCO's management team is considered experienced (2.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Robert Fauber	President	4.1yrs	US$14.39m	0.034% $ 28.8m
Vincent Forlenza	Independent Chairman & Lead Independent Director	6.6yrs	US$435.27k	0.0041% $ 3.5m
Bruce Van Saun	Independent Director	8.7yrs	US$310.13k	0.0049% $ 4.1m
Jorge Bermudez	Independent Director	13.6yrs	US$335.13k	0.012% $ 10.3m
Kathryn Hill	Independent Director	13.1yrs	US$310.13k	0.010% $ 8.7m
Therese Esperdy	Independent Non-Executive Director	5.7yrs	US$310.13k	0.0023% $ 2.0m
Leslie Seidman	Independent Director	10.9yrs	US$335.13k	0.0058% $ 4.9m
Lloyd Howell	Independent Director	3.7yrs	US$335.13k	0.0010% $ 866.6k
Jose Minaya	Independent Director	2.1yrs	US$310.13k	0.00041% $ 348.3k
Zig Serafin	Independent Director	3.3yrs	US$310.13k	0.00094% $ 798.6k

6.1yrs

Average Tenure

64yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: MCO's board of directors are considered experienced (6.1 years average tenure).

Moody's Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

President of Moody's Ratings notifies of intention to sell stock

President of Moody's Analytics notifies of intention to sell stock

Insufficient new directors

Moody's Corporation Appoints Atsi Sheth as Chief Credit Officer

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

Moody's Corporation Announces Executive Changes

Recent updates

Upcoming dividend of US$0.85 per share

President of Moody's Ratings notifies of intention to sell stock

Third quarter dividend of US$0.85 announced

Moody's Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Year 2024

Moody's Q3 Earnings: Emerging Benefactors And Solid Baseline Results

Third quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

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

Moody's: Fundamentals Are Better Than Expected, But Valuation Is Still High

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

Moody's: Capitalize On The Upcoming Global Easing Cycle

Moody's Corporation: Great Business But Currently Very Expensive

Upcoming dividend of US$0.85 per share

President of Moody's Analytics notifies of intention to sell stock

Insufficient new directors

Second quarter dividend of US$0.85 announced

Moody's Corporation Just Beat EPS By 8.2%: Here's What Analysts Think Will Happen Next

Second quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Price target increased by 8.1% to US$461

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

Moody's: Q2 Earnings, What To Expect And What I Am Doing As Investor

Moody's Corporation's (NYSE:MCO) P/E Still Appears To Be Reasonable

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

Wide Moat Dividend Growth - What Makes Moody's Such A Powerful Compounder

Moody's: Potential Growth Slowdown And Relatively High Valuation (Rating Downgrade)

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

First quarter 2024 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

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

Moody's: The Valuation Doesn't Convince Me

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: Perfectly Aligned For Cyclical And Secular Growth

Moody's Corporation Appoints Atsi Sheth as Chief Credit Officer

Shareholders Should Be Pleased With Moody's Corporation's (NYSE:MCO) Price

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

Fourth quarter dividend of US$0.85 announced

Moody's: Rating Agency Gets Re-Rated Itself

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS misses analyst expectations

Moody's Corporation Announces Executive Changes

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

Unveiling Moody's: The Untold Story Behind Berkshire's Investment

Market Participants Recognise Moody's Corporation's (NYSE:MCO) Earnings

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

Moody's Is The Perfect Stock For My Portfolio

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

Moody's Corporation Announces Management Changes

Third quarter 2023 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations

Moody's: A Wonderful Company At A Fair Price

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

Ratings Firm Moody's Gets Hold Rating After Overheated Valuation.

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

President notifies of intention to sell stock

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

Executive VP & CFO recently sold US$1.3m worth of stock

Moody's: Initiate Long On Better Than Expected Q2 2023 Performance

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

Moody's Corporation Announces Executive Changes

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

Moody's Q2 Earnings: Not Worth An All-Time High Valuation

Second quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

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

President notifies of intention to sell stock

Moody's: Supreme Business Continuing To Compound

Moody's: Dominant Business But A Little Pricey

President notifies of intention to sell stock

Executive VP & CFO notifies of intention to sell stock

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