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Moody's Corporation (MCO)

Financial Services | Financial Data & Stock Exchanges | New York, United States | NYSE
495.72 USD +8.44 (1.732%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★★☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:09 a.m. EDT

The long-term investment thesis rests on the company's exceptional profitability and dominant market position, evidenced by a 71 percent return on equity and a four-year price trajectory that has climbed over 400 percent. While the statistical forecast indicates a slight near-term headwind, the technicals and options flow suggest momentum is building, with call volume clustering around current price levels. The dividend yield is modest but backed by a payout ratio of less than 30 percent, ensuring sustainability. Valuation is rich, yet the quality of earnings and the lack of multi-year decline risk justify the premium.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.018499
AutoARIMA0.022258
AutoETS0.022415
MSTL0.022653

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 54%
H-stat 0.85
Ljung-Box p 0.018
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 4.36
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-14
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-14
Debt to Equity Ratio 235.539
Revenue per Share 44.156
Market Cap 86,590,603,264
Trailing P/E 34.96
Forward P/E 26.61
Beta 1.34
Profit Margins 31.69%
Website https://www.moodys.com

As of July 11, 2026, 5:09 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound rally with a bullish bias. Call open interest clusters heavily at the 480-500 strikes, suggesting a belief in holding near current levels or breaking out higher. Put activity is concentrated slightly lower (420-460), indicating defensive hedging against a pullback rather than a bearish bet. Implied volatility is elevated at deep strikes, hinting at tail-risk speculation.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.24% 0.84% 0.82% 0.84%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
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 0.85
exDividendDate 2026-05-15
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.85
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.007901002
lastDividendValue 1.03
lastDividendDate 2026-05-15
dividendDate 2026-06-05

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.032060683
Address1 7 World Trade Ctr at 250 Greenwich St
All Time High 546.88
All Time Low 6.875
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 40
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,002,670
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,059,775
Average Volume 1,059,775
Average Volume10Days 1,002,670
Beta 1.335
Bid 454.0
Bid Size 40
Board Risk 3
Book Value 17.14
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 495.72
Current Ratio 1.157
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 497.82
Day Low 491.72
Debt To Equity 235.539
Display Name Moody's
Dividend Date 1,780,617,600
Dividend Rate 4.12
Dividend Yield 0.85
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,784,750,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,784,750,400
Earnings Growth 0.078
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.058
Earnings Timestamp 1,784,723,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,784,723,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,784,723,400
Ebitda 3,814,000,128
Ebitda Margins 0.48444
Enterprise To Ebitda 24.288
Enterprise To Revenue 11.766
Enterprise Value 92,632,604,672
Eps Current Year 16.74639
Eps Forward 18.62873
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 14.18
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,778,803,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 454.9046
Fifty Day Average Change 40.8154
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.08972298
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -3.2060683
Fifty Two Week High 546.88
Fifty Two Week High Change -51.160004
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.093548864
Fifty Two Week Low 402.28
Fifty Two Week Low Change 93.44
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.23227604
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 160,019,338
Forward Eps 18.62873
Forward P E 26.610508
Free Cashflow 2,266,125,056
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 16,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.74432
Gross Profits 5,859,999,744
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.14247
Held Percent Institutions 0.80927
Implied Shares Outstanding 174,676,438
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 1,778,803,200
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 86,590,603,264
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_528325
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 2,495,000,064
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 85,116,334,708
Number Of Analyst Opinions 20
Open 491.72
Operating Cashflow 3,083,000,064
Operating Margins 0.45743
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.2762
Peg Ratio 2.22
Phone 212 553 0300
Pre Market Change -3.269989
Pre Market Change Percent -0.65924543
Pre Market Price 492.75
Pre Market Time 1,784,018,589
Previous Close 487.28
Price Eps Current Year 29.601604
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 28.921822
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 10.9984255
Profit Margins 0.31691
Quick Ratio 0.99
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.78261
Region US
Regular Market Change 8.44
Regular Market Change Percent 1.73206
Regular Market Day High 497.82
Regular Market Day Low 491.72
Regular Market Day Range 491.72 - 497.82
Regular Market Open 491.72
Regular Market Previous Close 487.28
Regular Market Price 495.72
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,802
Regular Market Volume 402,203
Return On Assets 0.14818
Return On Equity 0.71361
Revenue Growth 0.081
Revenue Per Share 44.156
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 174,676,438
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.016900001
Shares Short 2,958,381
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 3,727,482
Short Name Moody's Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0197
Short Ratio 2.71
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol MCO
Target High Price 610.0
Target Low Price 490.0
Target Mean Price 541.0
Target Median Price 534.5
Total Cash 1,510,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 8.645
Total Debt 7,402,999,808
Total Revenue 7,872,999,936
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.85
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.007901002
Trailing Eps 14.18
Trailing P E 34.959095
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.2191
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 471.00644
Two Hundred Day Average Change 24.713562
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.05246969
Type Disp Equity
Volume 402,203
Website https://www.moodys.com
Zip 10,007