Financial Services
Moody's Corporation(MCO)
Live Price
Offline$450.67
-1.22% today
1Y Change
-5.73%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
- Market Cap
- $79.62B
- Revenue Growth
- +8.9%
- EPS Growth
- +21.3%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.8%
Coverage: 244 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Moody's Corporation (MCO) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $79.62B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $450.67 and down 5.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +8.9%, EPS growth of +21.3%, a dividend yield of 0.8%. What stands out right now is revenue +8.9%, EPS +21.3%, free cash flow +2.1% with operating margin 44.2% and ROIC 23.1%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.8%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 32.3 and price/sales 10.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a quality compounder than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MCO price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+8.9% vs +3.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+44.2% vs +4.7% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 28, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +8.9% and EPS at +21.3%, with operating margin around 44.2%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.8%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +0.6% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 28, 2026 | โ | +0.5% | -0.8% | -1.4% |
2026 Feb 18, 2026 | +6.1% | -0.3% | +2.8% | -2.7% |
2025 Oct 22, 2025 | +6.0% | +1.4% | -0.2% | +0.0% |
Benchmark Edge
MCO vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
MCO
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
MCO Max Drawdown
-23.61%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for MCO and SPY.
Company Overview
Moody's Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Moody's Corporation operates as an integrated risk assessment firm worldwide. It operates in two segments, Moody's Investors Service and Moody's Analytics. The Moody's Investors Service segment publishes credit ratings and provides assessment services on various debt obligations, programs and facilities, and entities that issue such obligations, such as various corporate, financial institution, and governmental obligations, as well as and structured finance securities. This segment provides ratings in approximately 140 countries. Its ratings are disseminated through press releases to the public through electronic media, including the internet and real-time information systems used by securities traders and investors. This segment has rated approximately 5,000 non-financial corporates; 3,600 financial institutions; 16,000 public finance issuers; 145 sovereigns; 47 supranational institutions; 459 sub-sovereigns; and 1,000 infrastructure and project finance issuers, as well as 9,100 structured finance deals. The Moody's Analytics segment develops a range of products and services that support the risk management activities of institutional participants in financial markets; and offers subscription based research, data, and analytical products comprising credit ratings, credit research, quantitative credit scores and other analytical tools, economic research and forecasts, business intelligence and company information products, commercial real estate data and analytical tools, and on-line and classroom-based training services, as well as credentialing and certification services. It also offers offshore analytical and research services with learning solutions and certification programs; and software solutions, as well as related risk management services. The company was formerly known as Dun and Bradstreet Company and changed its name to Moody's Corporation in September 2000. Moody's Corporation was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
- Leadership
- Robert Scott Fauber
- IPO Date
- Oct 31, 1994
- Employees
- 15.8k
- Street Address
- 7 World Trade Center
- Mailing
- New York City, NY, 10007
- Region
- New York City, NY, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 212 553 0300
- Last Updated
- May 2, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 32.3
- EV/EBITDA
- 21.6
- Price/Sales
- 10.1
- Price/Book
- 26.9
Growth
- Revenue
- +8.9%
- EPS
- +21.3%
- Free Cash Flow
- +2.1%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 69.7%
- Operating Margin
- 44.2%
- Net Margin
- 31.7%
- ROE
- 66.7%
- ROIC
- 23.1%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 2.44
- Current Ratio
- 1.16
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
Keep the research moving
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