Moody's
About: Moody's, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed-income securities. The ratings segment, Moody's Investors Service, includes corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm's profit and about half the firm's revenue. The other segment, Moody's Analytics, consists of decision solutions, research and insights, and data and information.
Employees: 15,439
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Funds holding %
of 6,823 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 7 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
98% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 119 | Existing positions closed: 60
85% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $110M | Put options by funds: $59.3M
18% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 454 | Existing positions reduced: 386
7% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $72.2B [Q2] → $77.2B (+$4.95B) [Q3]
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,137 [Q2] → 1,180 (+43) [Q3]
2% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 43 [Q2] → 44 (+1) [Q3]
4.21% less ownership
Funds ownership: 94.0% [Q2] → 89.79% (-4.21%) [Q3]
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$459
5%
downside
Avg. target
$508
5%
upside
High target
$565
17%
upside
7 analyst ratings
3 positive
43%
4 neutral
57%
0 negative
0%
BMO Capital Jeffrey Silber 53% 1-year accuracy 19 / 36 met price target | 1%downside $481 | Market Perform Maintained | 21 Jan 2025 |
Oppenheimer Owen Lau 77% 1-year accuracy 44 / 57 met price target | 12%upside $545 | Outperform Maintained | 3 Jan 2025 |
Citigroup Peter Christiansen 71% 1-year accuracy 10 / 14 met price target | 17%upside $565 | Buy Initiated | 20 Dec 2024 |
Morgan Stanley Toni Kaplan 45% 1-year accuracy 10 / 22 met price target | 1%downside $481 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 12 Dec 2024 |
Stifel Shlomo Rosenbaum 71% 1-year accuracy 12 / 17 met price target | 5%downside $459 | Hold Maintained | 23 Oct 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 3 articles about MCO published over the past 30 days
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
6 days ago
Will Moody's (MCO) Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?
Moody's (MCO) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
Moody's to Acquire CAPE Analytics, Enhance Property Risk Insights
MCO will acquire CAPE to strengthen its presence in the insurance sector. The deal will close in the first quarter of 2025.
Neutral
Business Wire
1 week ago
Moody's to Acquire CAPE Analytics, Adding AI-Powered Geospatial Property Risk Intelligence to Its Industry-Leading Insurance Risk Models
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire CAPE Analytics, a leading provider of geospatial AI intelligence for residential and commercial properties. The acquisition will bring together Moody's industry-leading Intelligent Risk Platform and catastrophe risk modeling for the insurance sector with CAPE's cutting-edge geospatial AI analytics, creating a sophisticated property database capable of delivering instant, ad.
Negative
CNBC
1 month ago
France's new prime minister gets a baptism of fire after surprise Moody's downgrade
Credit rating agency Moody's announced on Saturday that it was cutting France's rating to "Aa3" from "Aa2" with a stable outlook, citing concerns over "political fragmentation." Traders have reacted negatively to the downgrade, with France's CAC 40 down 0.7% Monday morning.
Positive
The Motley Fool
1 month ago
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Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
What Makes Moody's (MCO) a New Buy Stock
Moody's (MCO) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Neutral
Business Wire
1 month ago
Moody's Corporation to Present at Investor Conferences
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO) announced today that the company will be presenting at the Redburn Atlantic CEO Conference, as well as the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference. On Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at approximately 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Rob Fauber, President and Chief Executive Officer, will speak at the Redburn Atlantic CEO Conference. On Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at approximately 2:20 p.m. Eastern Time, Noémie Heuland, Chief Financial Officer, w.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 month ago
Moody's Expands Lending Suite With Numerated Growth Acquisition
MCO acquires Numerated Growth. The move strengthens Moody's Lending Suite, offering banking clients a comprehensive loan origination and monitoring solution.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 months ago
Moody's (MCO) Up 1.2% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue?
Moody's (MCO) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?
Neutral
Business Wire
2 months ago
Moody's Acquires Numerated Growth Technologies, Expanding Lending Technology Solutions
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO) announced today that it has acquired Numerated Growth Technologies (Numerated), a loan origination platform for financial institutions. The transaction further expands Moody's Lending Suite capabilities across the credit lifecycle, providing banking customers with a powerful end-to-end loan origination and monitoring solution. The acquisition builds on a partnership announced in January 2024 that integrated Numerated's front office, deci.
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