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moody's corp. - MCO

MCO

Close Chg Chg %
428.64 -0.54 -0.13%

Closed Market

428.10

-0.54 (0.13%)

Volume: 1.12M

Last Updated:

Mar 25, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

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Company Overview: moody's corp. - MCO

MCO Key Data

Open

$433.41

 Day Range

422.35 - 438.52

52 Week Range

378.71 - 546.88

 Market Cap

$75.97B

Shares Outstanding

177.30M

 Public Float

177.11M

Beta

1.45

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

31.35

 EPS

$13.73

Yield

87.76%

 Dividend

$1.03

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Mar 2, 2026

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.52M

  

MCO Performance

1 Week
 
 -1.53%
 
1 Month
 
 -10.29%
 
3 Months
 
 -17.61%
 
1 Year
 
 -7.14%
 
5 Years
 
 40.89%
 

MCO Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 26
Full Ratings ➔

About moody's corp. - MCO

Moody's Corp. engages in the provision of credit ratings, research, tools and analysis to the global capital markets. It operates through the Moody's Investors Service (MIS) and Moody's Analytics (MA) segments. The MIS segment is a credit rating agency, which publishes credit ratings on debt obligations and the entities, including various corporate and governmental obligations, structured finance securities, and commercial paper programs. The MA segment develops products and services, which support financial analysis and risk management activities of institutional participants in global financial markets. The company was founded by John Moody in 1909 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

MCO At a Glance

Moody's Corp.
7 World Trade Center
New York, New York 10007
Phone 1-212-553-0300 Revenue 7.72B
Industry Financial Publishing/Services Net Income 2.46B
Sector Commercial Services 2025 Sales Growth 8.888%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 16,076
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MCO Valuation

P/E Current 32.269
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 37.374
Price to Sales Ratio 11.907
Price to Book Ratio 22.372
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 31.68
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 24.639
Enterprise Value to Sales 12.562
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.076

MCO Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 480,094.551
Income Per Employee 152,960.936
Receivables Turnover 3.642
Total Asset Turnover 0.493

MCO Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.692
Quick Ratio 1.692
Cash Ratio 0.821

MCO Profitability

Gross Margin 68.152
Operating Margin 44.765
Pretax Margin 40.555
Net Margin 31.861
Return on Assets 15.695
Return on Equity 64.549
Return on Total Capital 21.561
Return on Invested Capital 22.537

MCO Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 181.327
Total Debt to Total Capital 64.454
Total Debt to Total Assets 46.437
Long-Term Debt to Equity 178.984
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 63.621
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Annual Financials for Moody's Corp. - MCO

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
5.47B 5.92B 7.09B 7.72B
Sales Growth
-12.06% +8.19% +19.81% +8.89%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
1.94B 2.06B 2.38B 2.46B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
331.00M 373.00M 431.00M 480.00M
Depreciation
131.00M 175.00M 233.00M 265.00M
Amortization of Intangibles
200.00M 198.00M 198.00M 215.00M
COGS Growth
+2.64% +6.07% +15.47% +3.23%
Gross Income
3.52B 3.85B 4.71B 5.26B
Gross Income Growth
-18.50% +9.36% +22.13% +11.75%
Gross Profit Margin
+64.45% +65.15% +66.41% +68.15%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
1.53B 1.63B 1.74B 1.80B
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
1.53B 1.63B 1.74B 1.80B
SGA Growth
+3.18% +6.94% +6.31% +3.97%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
(4.00M) 158.00M 209.00M 118.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
2.00B 2.06B 2.76B 3.34B
Non Operating Income/Expense
(25.00M) 79.00M 141.00M (18.00M)
Non-Operating Interest Income
15.00M 63.00M 102.00M 65.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
17.00M 19.00M 15.00M 20.00M
Interest Expense
216.00M 207.00M 204.00M 189.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-11.11% -4.17% -1.45% -7.35%
Gross Interest Expense
216.00M 207.00M 204.00M 189.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
1.76B 1.94B 2.70B 3.13B
Pretax Income Growth
-36.12% +9.94% +39.48% +15.97%
Pretax Margin
+32.19% +32.71% +38.08% +40.55%
Income Tax
386.00M 327.00M 640.00M 668.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
123.00M 143.00M 386.00M 330.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
215.00M 222.00M 316.00M 355.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
67.00M (18.00M) (27.00M) 43.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(19.00M) (20.00M) (35.00M) (60.00M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
17.00M 19.00M 15.00M 20.00M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
1.37B 1.61B 2.06B 2.46B
Minority Interest Expense
- 1.00M 1.00M 3.00M
Net Income
1.37B 1.61B 2.06B 2.46B
Net Income Growth
-37.94% +16.96% +28.06% +19.48%
Net Margin Growth
+25.13% +27.16% +29.03% +31.86%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
1.37B 1.61B 2.06B 2.46B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
1.37B 1.61B 2.06B 2.46B
EPS (Basic)
7.4714 8.7718 11.3201 13.7298
EPS (Basic) Growth
-37.10% +17.41% +29.05% +21.29%
Basic Shares Outstanding
183.90M 183.20M 181.80M 179.10M
EPS (Diluted)
7.4391 8.7337 11.2644 13.6687
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-36.87% +17.40% +28.98% +21.34%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
184.70M 184.00M 182.70M 179.90M
EBITDA
2.33B 2.59B 3.40B 3.94B
EBITDA Growth
-24.93% +11.43% +31.15% +15.67%
EBITDA Margin
+42.57% +43.85% +48.00% +50.98%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 544.714
Number of Ratings 27 Current Quarters Estimate 4.367
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 16.744
Last Quarter’s Earnings 3.64 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 14.94 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 18.756
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 21 21 23 23
Mean Estimate 4.37 4.27 16.74 18.76
High Estimates 4.86 4.52 17.05 19.55
Low Estimate 4.13 3.94 16.53 18.07
Coefficient of Variance 4.39 4.23 0.82 2.19

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 15 14 13
OVERWEIGHT 7 6 2
HOLD 5 6 12
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Moody's Corp. - MCO

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 6, 2026 Noemie C. Heuland SVP & Chief Financial Officer 4,086 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $465.87 per share 1,903,544.82
Mar 6, 2026 Jason Phillips Chief Acctg Off & Controller 2,098 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $472.61 per share 991,535.78
Mar 6, 2026 Michael West President, Moody s Investors 8,759 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $473.72 per share 4,149,313.48
Feb 27, 2026 Thérèse Marie Esperdy Director 5,201 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 27, 2026 Sumit Dhawan Director 927 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 27, 2026 Jose M. Minaya Director 2,891 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 27, 2026 Leslie F. Seidman Director 12,150 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 27, 2026 Bruce Winfield van Saun Director 9,832 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 27, 2026 Jorge A. Bermudez Director 22,897 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 27, 2026 Zig Serafin Director 3,195 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 27, 2026 Vincent A. Forlenza Director 8,725 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Jul 31, 2025 Richard Steele SVP - General Counsel N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jul 31, 2025 Richard Steele SVP - General Counsel N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Jul 31, 2025 Richard Steele SVP - General Counsel 1,386 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $509.63 per share 706,347.18
Jul 31, 2025 Richard Steele SVP - General Counsel 2,116 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $276.84 per share 585,793.44
Jul 31, 2025 Richard Steele SVP - General Counsel 1,386 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $508.02 per share 704,115.72
Jul 31, 2025 Richard Steele SVP - General Counsel 2,113 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $280.42 per share 592,527.46
Jul 31, 2025 Michael West President, Moody s Investors 8,209 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $509.35 per share 4,181,254.15
Jul 31, 2025 Michael West President, Moody s Investors 9,211 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $276.84 per share 2,549,973.24
Jul 31, 2025 Michael West President, Moody s Investors 8,209 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $512.35 per share 4,205,881.15

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