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Moody's Corporation (MCO)

Financial Services | Financial Data & Stock Exchanges | New York, United States | NYSE
455.35 USD +6.93 (1.545%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 456.00 +0.65 (0.143%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:40 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 2:45 p.m. EDT

Moody's Corporation (MCO) presents a mixed picture for both short-term and long-term investors. Short-term, the stock has shown some volatility with recent price dips, but the options data suggests a cautious approach with potential for both upward and downward movements. Long-term, MCO has a solid fundamental base with consistent dividend payouts and a strong industry position, making it a viable buy-and-hold candidate. However, the recent price decline and mixed options sentiment suggest that investors should approach with caution and consider the broader market context.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.140767
AutoARIMA0.144043
AutoETS0.144044
AutoTheta0.184875

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 50%
H-stat 1.22
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.001
Excess Kurtosis 1.63
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-01
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-01
Debt to Equity Ratio 176.813
Revenue per Share 43.093
Market Cap 81,054,064,640
Trailing P/E 33.29
Forward P/E 24.40
Beta 1.45
Profit Margins 31.86%
Website https://www.moodys.com

As of April 11, 2026, 2:45 p.m. EDT: Options activity shows mixed signals. The calls and puts have varying IV and OI, with some strikes showing spikes in volume and IV, suggesting potential for volatility. The overall positioning indicates a cautious outlook with a focus on both upside and downside protection. The presence of significant OI in out-of-the-money strikes suggests some speculation on potential price movements, but the overall market sentiment remains neutral to slightly bearish.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.22% 0.79% 0.83% 0.85%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-02 1.0300 0.220983
2025-11-21 0.9400 0.196400
2025-08-15 0.9400 0.182764
2025-05-16 0.9400 0.193415
2025-02-25 0.9400 0.188769
2024-11-22 0.8500 0.178574
2024-08-16 0.8500 0.184235
2024-05-16 0.8500 0.209075
2024-02-22 0.8500 0.226033
2023-11-22 0.7700 0.214990
2023-08-17 0.7700 0.239090
2023-05-18 0.7700 0.250593
2023-02-23 0.7700 0.268035
2022-11-22 0.7000 0.244373
2022-08-18 0.7000 0.225432
2022-05-19 0.7000 0.255566
2022-02-24 0.7000 0.224984
2021-11-22 0.6200 0.167217
2021-08-19 0.6200 0.171970
2021-05-19 0.6200 0.199187
2021-02-24 0.6200 0.232060
2020-11-20 0.5600 0.214392
2020-08-19 0.5600 0.208158
2020-05-19 0.5600 0.231377
2020-02-24 0.5600 0.221130
2019-11-20 0.5000 0.235265
2019-08-19 0.5000 0.242708
2019-05-17 0.5000 0.284622
2019-02-22 0.5000 0.307237
2018-11-20 0.4400 0.321083
2018-08-17 0.4400 0.273874
2018-05-18 0.4400 0.272955
2018-02-16 0.4400 0.280669
2017-11-20 0.3800 0.275646
2017-08-18 0.3800 0.314102
2017-05-18 0.3800 0.362529
2017-02-15 0.3800 0.375475
2016-11-17 0.3700 0.398228
2016-08-18 0.3700 0.388106
2016-05-18 0.3700 0.431144
2016-02-17 0.3700 0.475472
2015-11-18 0.3400 0.364526
2015-08-18 0.3400 0.340114
2015-05-18 0.3400 0.345926
2015-02-18 0.3400 0.386633
2014-11-18 0.2800 0.308185
2014-08-18 0.2800 0.344724
2014-05-16 0.2800 0.387981
2014-02-18 0.2800 0.398885
2013-11-18 0.2500 0.382394
2013-08-16 0.2500 0.441961
2013-05-16 0.2000 0.342357
2013-02-15 0.2000 0.490192
2012-11-16 0.1600 0.409594
2012-08-16 0.1600 0.471596
2012-05-17 0.1600 0.519065
2012-02-15 0.1600 0.487768
2011-11-16 0.1400 0.496472
2011-08-17 0.1400 0.523876
2011-05-18 0.1400 0.426331
2011-02-16 0.1150 0.446782
2010-11-17 0.1050 0.466002
2010-08-18 0.1050 0.556226
2010-05-18 0.1050 0.598992
2010-02-17 0.1050 0.467619
2009-11-18 0.1000 0.511078
2009-08-18 0.1000 0.507674
2009-05-18 0.1000 0.410816
2009-02-18 0.1000 0.549259
2008-11-18 0.1000 0.643757
2008-08-18 0.1000 0.319414
2008-05-16 0.1000 0.275526
2008-02-15 0.1000 0.320354
2007-11-16 0.0800 0.261534
2007-08-16 0.0800 0.203012
2007-05-16 0.0800 0.146758
2007-02-15 0.0800 0.139505
2006-11-16 0.0700 0.126612
2006-08-16 0.0700 0.147665
2006-05-17 0.0700 0.153868
2006-02-15 0.0700 0.135447
2005-11-16 0.0550 0.123220
2005-08-17 0.0550 0.147516
2005-05-25 0.0280 0.081860
2005-02-16 0.0190 0.055907
2004-11-17 0.0375 0.116327
2004-08-18 0.0375 0.138835
2004-05-18 0.0375 0.146272
2004-02-18 0.0375 0.145637
2003-11-18 0.0225 0.101530
2003-08-18 0.0225 0.109245
2003-05-16 0.0225 0.111711
2003-02-18 0.0225 0.133540
2002-11-18 0.0225 0.134089
2002-08-16 0.0225 0.116057
2002-05-16 0.0225 0.114130
2002-02-26 0.0225 0.154626
2001-11-16 0.0225 0.164414
2001-08-16 0.0225 0.169418
2001-05-16 0.0225 0.180641
2001-02-22 0.0225 0.205407
2000-11-16 0.0225 0.227996
Additional Data
dividendRate 4.12
dividendYield 0.92
exDividendDate 2026-03-02
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.76
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.008384996
lastDividendValue 1.03
lastDividendDate 2026-03-02
dividendDate 2026-03-13

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.08497465
Address1 7 World Trade Ctr at 250 Greenwich St
All Time High 546.88
All Time Low 6.875
Ask 459.0
Ask Size 80
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 806,020
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,387,534
Average Volume 1,387,534
Average Volume10Days 806,020
Beta 1.446
Bid 449.0
Bid Size 240
Board Risk 3
Book Value 22.834
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 455.35
Current Ratio 1.74
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 459.27
Day Low 450.19
Debt To Equity 176.813
Display Name Moody's
Dividend Date 1,773,360,000
Dividend Rate 4.12
Dividend Yield 0.92
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,776,862,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,776,862,800
Earnings Growth 0.576
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.544
Earnings Timestamp 1,776,861,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,776,861,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,776,861,000
Ebitda 3,736,999,936
Ebitda Margins 0.48419
Enterprise To Ebitda 22.65
Enterprise To Revenue 10.967
Enterprise Value 84,642,865,152
Eps Current Year 16.67586
Eps Forward 18.66039
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 13.68
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,772,409,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 443.7936
Fifty Day Average Change 11.5563965
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.026040025
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 8.497465
Fifty Two Week High 546.88
Fifty Two Week High Change -91.53
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.1673676
Fifty Two Week Low 402.28
Fifty Two Week Low Change 53.070007
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.13192306
Fifty Two Week Range 402.28 - 546.88
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 783,613,800,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.8
Float Shares 163,718,820
Forward Eps 18.66039
Forward P E 24.401955
Free Cashflow 2,058,249,984
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 16,076
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.74435997
Gross Profits 5,744,999,936
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.13986
Held Percent Institutions 0.79200995
Implied Shares Outstanding 178,003,875
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 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,772,409,600
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 Services (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, economics data and models, and structured finance solutions; data sets on companies and securities; and cloud-based SaaS subscription-based solutions supporting banking, insurance, and know-your-customer workflows. Its MIS 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 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, corporation, 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 81,054,064,640
Market State POST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_528325
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 2,459,000,064
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 79,820,497,627
Number Of Analyst Opinions 20
Open 452.26
Operating Cashflow 2,900,999,936
Operating Margins 0.42139
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.2751
Peg Ratio 1.96
Phone 212 553 0300
Post Market Change 0.6499939
Post Market Change Percent 0.142746
Post Market Price 456.0
Post Market Time 1,776,465,601
Previous Close 448.42
Price Eps Current Year 27.305939
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 19.941753
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 10.501952
Profit Margins 0.31861
Quick Ratio 1.532
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.73913
Region US
Regular Market Change 6.92999
Regular Market Change Percent 1.54542
Regular Market Day High 459.27
Regular Market Day Low 450.19
Regular Market Day Range 450.19 - 459.27
Regular Market Open 452.26
Regular Market Previous Close 448.42
Regular Market Price 455.35
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,002
Regular Market Volume 816,036
Return On Assets 0.13834
Return On Equity 0.62078
Revenue Growth 0.13
Revenue Per Share 43.093
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 178,003,875
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0179
Shares Short 3,182,593
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 2,307,776
Short Name Moody's Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0208
Short Ratio 2.25
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol MCO
Target High Price 610.0
Target Low Price 460.0
Target Mean Price 534.05
Target Median Price 538.5
Total Cash 2,448,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 13.807
Total Debt 7,434,999,808
Total Revenue 7,718,000,128
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.76
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.008384996
Trailing Eps 13.68
Trailing P E 33.28582
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.96
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 485.95355
Two Hundred Day Average Change -30.603546
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.06297628
Type Disp Equity
Volume 816,036
Website https://www.moodys.com
Zip 10,007