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Moody's Corporation MCO
$441.36 -1.34% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $76.44B
Strong growthHigh quality
Next earnings report: Oct 21, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 10 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +6.1%).
- The shares trade at 28.0× trailing earnings, lower than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $15.76, up 34.0% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 35%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 32%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 33%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 38%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 26%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 5%
- Gross marginTop 32%
- Operating marginTop 10%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 47%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 19%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 47%
- Interest coverTop 9%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 34%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 34%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 40%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 10%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 8%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 33%
- 6-month returnBottom 21%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 24%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 26%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 27%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 42%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 9%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 39%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 31%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 36%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 47%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.0% | 11.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 20.4% | 34.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 66.5% | 71.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 42.5% | 45.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 32.4% | 41.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.7% | 9.0% | ↑ | Top 35% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 34.0% | 20.4% | ↑ | Top 32% |
| Gross margin | 71.9% | 66.5% | ↑ | Top 32% |
| Operating margin | 45.1% | 42.5% | ↑ | Top 10% |
| Net margin | 34.3% | 29.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 41.6% | 32.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 23.9% | — | Top 5% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 12.2% | — | Bottom 38% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.19×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -8.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.51×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 16.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.68%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.36%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.32%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 10
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +6.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $540.60
- Target vs current price
- +22.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 32
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 56%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | +9.9% | -0.2% | -1.3% | -1.0% | — |
| Apr 22, 2026 | +2.6% | +1.6% | -0.3% | -5.5% | +11.2% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | +6.1% | +6.5% | +6.9% | +4.2% | +3.6% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | +5.9% | -2.5% | +1.2% | -3.0% | +11.1% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +5.0% | +1.8% | +2.3% | +2.6% | -4.1% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | +8.2% | +4.0% | +6.4% | +19.1% | +21.6% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | +15.4% | +4.4% | +1.2% | -13.4% | -6.9% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | +12.2% | -3.9% | -5.1% | -3.1% | -2.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $4.68 | $4.26 | +9.9% | $2.19B |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $4.33 | $4.22 | +2.6% | $2.08B |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $3.64 | $3.43 | +6.1% | $1.89B |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $3.92 | $3.70 | +5.9% | $2.01B |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $3.56 | $3.39 | +5.0% | $1.90B |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $3.83 | $3.54 | +8.2% | $1.92B |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $2.62 | $2.27 | +15.4% | $1.67B |
| Oct 22, 2024 | $3.21 | $2.86 | +12.2% | $1.81B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 28.0× | 37.7× | 5th | Bottom 34% |
| P/E (forward) | 26.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 20.6× | — | — | Bottom 40% |
| EV / Sales | 10.11× | — | — | Bottom 10% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.45% | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| Earnings yield | 3.57% | — | — | Bottom 34% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 27.4× – 46.4× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -8.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +34.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -31.3%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -8.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -6.3%
- RSI (14)
- 29.9
- Relative volume
- 2.09×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 23.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 52th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.12
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.59
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -18.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -24.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2021 | Oct 14, 2022 | -42.1% | 242 days | 397 days (May 15, 2024) |
| Feb 13, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -24.8% | 37 days | 187 days (Jan 6, 2026) |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Feb 11, 2026 | -23.6% | 18 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -11.3% | 17 days | 93 days (Mar 15, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $76.44B
- P/E (TTM)
- 28.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $15.76
- Revenue (TTM)
- $8.16B
- Dividend yield
- 0.91%
- 52-week range
- $402.28 – $546.88
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.22B | $5.47B | $5.92B | $7.09B | $7.72B |
| Gross profit | $4.32B | $3.52B | $3.85B | $4.71B | $5.26B |
| Operating income | $2.84B | $2.00B | $2.22B | $2.97B | $3.46B |
| Net income | $2.21B | $1.37B | $1.61B | $2.06B | $2.46B |
| EPS (diluted) | $11.78 | $7.44 | $8.73 | $11.26 | $13.67 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.81B | $1.67B | $1.92B | $1.90B | $2.01B | $1.89B | $2.08B | $2.19B |
| Net income | $534.0M | $395.0M | $625.0M | $578.0M | $646.0M | $610.0M | $661.0M | $878.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.93 | $2.17 | $3.46 | $3.20 | $3.60 | $3.41 | $3.73 | $5.02 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.00B | $1.47B | $2.15B | $2.84B | $2.90B |
| Capital expenditure | -$139.0M | -$283.0M | -$271.0M | -$317.0M | -$326.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.87B | $1.19B | $1.88B | $2.52B | $2.58B |
| Dividends paid | -$463.0M | -$515.0M | -$564.0M | -$620.0M | -$701.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$795.0M | -$1.04B | -$511.0M | -$1.31B | -$1.66B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.50B
- Total assets
- $14.68B
- Total liabilities
- $11.51B
- Total debt
- $7.52B
- Net debt
- $6.05B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.02B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $1.03 | Sep 4, 2026 |
| May 15, 2026 | $1.03 | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $1.03 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | $0.94 | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.94 | Sep 5, 2025 |
| May 16, 2025 | $0.94 | Jun 6, 2025 |
| Feb 25, 2025 | $0.94 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 22, 2024 | $0.85 | Dec 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,830,137
- Days to cover
- 4.31
- Change vs previous report
- +11.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 19, 2005
- 2-for-1