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Moody's Corporation (MCO)

Financial Services | Financial Data & Stock Exchanges | New York, United States | NYSE
514.95 USD +5.93 (1.165%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4:03 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 519.27 +4.32 (0.839%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 8 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:38 a.m. EDT

Moody's is a dominant franchise with exceptional fundamentals, boasting a 77% return on equity and sustained double-digit revenue growth, which justifies a strong long-term rating despite a high valuation. The stock is trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, confirming positive momentum, and the options market is pricing in further upside with higher call volatility. However, the short-term outlook is tempered by a flat statistical forecast and headlines questioning the margin of safety, keeping the near-term rating slightly below maximum. The dividend is reliable and well-covered but yields less than inflation, serving primarily as a safety feature rather than an income driver. Ultimately, this is a high-quality growth stock where the business quality outweighs the valuation concerns, making it a core hold for investors willing to pay a premium for certainty.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.055222
MSTL0.055359
AutoTheta0.059094
AutoARIMA0.066117

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 52%
H-stat 1.44
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.252
Excess Kurtosis -0.17
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-13
Debt to Equity Ratio 240.682
Revenue per Share 46.128
Market Cap 89,179,553,792
Trailing P/E 32.27
Forward P/E 27.23
Beta 1.33
Profit Margins 34.25%
Website https://www.moodys.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:38 a.m. EDT: Implied volatility skews toward calls (30-34% vs 25-29% for puts), suggesting speculators favor upside moves. Open interest clusters for calls at 550-580 strikes indicate bullish targets, while put open interest concentrates at 400-470 strikes, acting as a defensive floor. Recent volume spikes in out-of-the-money puts suggest hedging against a pullback, but the overall IV skew supports a continued rally.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.21% 0.87% 0.81% 0.85%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-14 1.0300 0.212389
2026-05-15 1.0300 0.240149
2026-03-02 1.0300 0.220983
2025-11-21 0.9400 0.195976
2025-08-15 0.9400 0.182008
2025-05-16 0.9400 0.192268
2025-02-25 0.9400 0.187288
2024-11-22 0.8500 0.176840
2024-08-16 0.8500 0.182122
2024-05-16 0.8500 0.206301
2024-02-22 0.8500 0.222571
2023-11-22 0.7700 0.211219
2023-08-17 0.7700 0.234399
2023-05-18 0.7700 0.245106
2023-02-23 0.7700 0.261513
2022-11-22 0.7000 0.237804
2022-08-18 0.7000 0.218846
2022-05-19 0.7000 0.247560
2022-02-24 0.7000 0.217391
2021-11-22 0.6200 0.161219
2021-08-19 0.6200 0.165536
2021-05-19 0.6200 0.191417
2021-02-24 0.6200 0.222581
2020-11-20 0.5600 0.205173
2020-08-19 0.5600 0.198800
2020-05-19 0.5600 0.220542
2020-02-24 0.5600 0.210321
2019-11-20 0.5000 0.223304
2019-08-19 0.5000 0.229853
2019-05-17 0.5000 0.268918
2019-02-22 0.5000 0.289519
2018-11-20 0.4400 0.301680
2018-08-17 0.4400 0.256560
2018-05-18 0.4400 0.255043
2018-02-16 0.4400 0.261578
2017-11-20 0.3800 0.256220
2017-08-18 0.3800 0.291210
2017-05-18 0.3800 0.335127
2017-02-15 0.3800 0.345926
2016-11-17 0.3700 0.365613
2016-08-18 0.3700 0.354984
2016-05-18 0.3700 0.392948
2016-02-17 0.3700 0.431638
2015-11-18 0.3400 0.329457
2015-08-18 0.3400 0.306361
2015-05-18 0.3400 0.310644
2015-02-18 0.3400 0.346126
2014-11-18 0.2800 0.274941
2014-08-18 0.2800 0.306681
2014-05-16 0.2800 0.344107
2014-02-18 0.2800 0.352556
2013-11-18 0.2500 0.336791
2013-08-16 0.2500 0.387958
2013-05-16 0.2000 0.299356
2013-02-15 0.2000 0.427350
2012-11-16 0.1600 0.355556
2012-08-16 0.1600 0.407955
2012-05-17 0.1600 0.447177
2012-02-15 0.1600 0.418410
2011-11-16 0.1400 0.424114
2011-08-17 0.1400 0.445718
2011-05-18 0.1400 0.361104
2011-02-16 0.1150 0.377049
2010-11-17 0.1050 0.391791
2010-08-18 0.1050 0.465838
2010-05-18 0.1050 0.499287
2010-02-17 0.1050 0.387883
2009-11-18 0.1000 0.422297
2009-08-18 0.1000 0.417711
2009-05-18 0.1000 0.336587
2009-02-18 0.1000 0.448431
2008-11-18 0.1000 0.523286
2008-08-18 0.1000 0.258264
2008-05-16 0.1000 0.222222
2008-02-15 0.1000 0.257798
2007-11-16 0.0800 0.209919
2007-08-16 0.0800 0.162602
2007-05-16 0.0800 0.117354
2007-02-15 0.0800 0.111421
2006-11-16 0.0700 0.101010
2006-08-16 0.0700 0.117687
2006-05-17 0.0700 0.122485
2006-02-15 0.0700 0.107692
2005-11-16 0.0550 0.097865
2005-08-17 0.0550 0.117046
2005-05-25 0.0280 0.064875
2005-02-16 0.0190 0.044279
2004-11-17 0.0375 0.092092
2004-08-18 0.0375 0.109810
2004-05-18 0.0375 0.115562
2004-02-18 0.0375 0.114925
2003-11-18 0.0225 0.080028
2003-08-18 0.0225 0.086042
2003-05-16 0.0225 0.087908
2003-02-18 0.0225 0.104993
2002-11-18 0.0225 0.105312
2002-08-16 0.0225 0.091056
2002-05-16 0.0225 0.089463
2002-02-26 0.0225 0.121098
2001-11-16 0.0225 0.128608
2001-08-16 0.0225 0.132353
2001-05-16 0.0225 0.140933
2001-02-22 0.0225 0.160028
2000-11-16 0.0225 0.177340
Additional Data
dividendRate 4.12
dividendYield 0.8
exDividendDate 2026-08-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.94
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.007740364
lastDividendValue 1.03
lastDividendDate 2026-08-14
dividendDate 2026-09-04

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.03299904
Address1 7 World Trade Ctr at 250 Greenwich St
All Time High 546.88
All Time Low 6.875
Ask 515.71
Ask Size 40
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 675,440
Average Daily Volume3 Month 894,014
Average Volume 894,014
Average Volume10Days 675,440
Beta 1.33
Bid 515.33
Bid Size 80
Board Risk 3
Book Value 17.467
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 514.95
Current Ratio 1.19
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 517.095
Day Low 505.86
Debt To Equity 240.682
Display Name Moody's
Dividend Date 1,788,480,000
Dividend Rate 4.12
Dividend Yield 0.8
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,725,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,725,200
Earnings Growth 0.567
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.519
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,723,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,792,585,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,792,585,800
Ebitda 4,052,999,936
Ebitda Margins 0.49668998
Enterprise To Ebitda 23.549
Enterprise To Revenue 11.697
Enterprise Value 95,444,549,632
Eps Current Year 16.97255
Eps Forward 18.91331
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 15.96
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,786,665,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 484.1006
Fifty Day Average Change 30.849426
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.06372524
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 3.2999039
Fifty Two Week High 546.88
Fifty Two Week High Change -31.929993
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.058385737
Fifty Two Week Low 402.28
Fifty Two Week Low Change 112.67001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2800786
Fifty Two Week Range 402.28 - 546.88
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 783,613,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.81
Float Shares 158,522,946
Forward Eps 18.91331
Forward P E 27.22686
Free Cashflow 2,579,124,992
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 16,000
Fullday Change 5.93002
Fullday Change Percent 1.16499
Fullday Price 519.2702
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.74974996
Gross Profits 6,118,000,128
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.14372
Held Percent Institutions 0.79152
Implied Shares Outstanding 173,180,984
Industry Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Industry Disp Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Industry Key financial-data-stock-exchanges
Ir Website http://ir.moodys.com/index.cfm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,786,665,600
Last Dividend Value 1.03
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,116,460,800
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Moody's Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated risk assessment firm in the United States, the rest of the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through two segments, Moody's Analytics (MA) and Moody's Investors Service (MIS). The MA segment develops a range of products and services that support the risk management activities of institutional participants in financial markets. This segment also offers credit research, credit models and analytics, economic data and models, and structured finance solutions; data sets on companies and securities; and cloud-based SaaS subscription solutions supporting banking, insurance, and know-your-customer workflows. The MIS segment publishes credit ratings and provides assessment services on various debt obligations, programs and facilities, and entities that issue such obligations, including corporate, financial institution, and governmental obligations, as well as structured finance securities. It also provides ratings, investment research, compliance and third-party risk, supplier risk, trade credit, business intelligence sales and marketing, financial and regulatory reporting, balance sheet management, capital management, credit portfolio management, and model risk and governance solutions; Maxsight, a unified risk platform; lending suite, origination, and monitoring solutions; and property, casualty, and sustainable insurance underwriting solutions. The company serves the financial, banking, insurance, corporate, public, and asset management sectors. 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.
Long Name Moody's Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 89,179,553,792
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_528325
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 2,795,000,064
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 88,152,584,475
Number Of Analyst Opinions 21
Open 510.33
Operating Cashflow 3,319,000,064
Operating Margins 0.49473998
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.25
Peg Ratio 2.14
Phone 212 553 0300
Post Market Change 4.3201904
Post Market Change Percent 0.8389534
Post Market Price 519.2702
Post Market Time 1,787,961,600
Previous Close 509.02
Price Eps Current Year 30.340168
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 29.48131
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 10.928867
Profit Margins 0.34252
Quick Ratio 1.043
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.75
Region US
Regular Market Change 5.93002
Regular Market Change Percent 1.16499
Regular Market Day High 517.095
Regular Market Day Low 505.86
Regular Market Day Range 505.86 - 517.095
Regular Market Open 510.33
Regular Market Previous Close 509.02
Regular Market Price 514.95
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,416
Regular Market Volume 471,686
Return On Assets 0.15619999
Return On Equity 0.76932
Revenue Growth 0.151
Revenue Per Share 46.128
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 173,180,984
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0148
Shares Short 2,563,886
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 3,187,463
Short Name Moody's Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0173
Short Ratio 2.97
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol MCO
Target High Price 610.0
Target Low Price 505.0
Target Mean Price 560.4762
Target Median Price 570.0
Total Cash 1,496,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 8.638
Total Debt 7,619,999,744
Total Revenue 8,160,000,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.94
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.007740364
Trailing Eps 15.96
Trailing P E 32.265038
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.1371
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 472.75726
Two Hundred Day Average Change 42.19275
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.08924823
Type Disp Equity
Volume 471,686
Website https://www.moodys.com
Zip 10,007