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Moody’s Corp (NYSE: MCO) closed the day trading at $442.12 down -0.39% from the previous closing price of $443.85. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.39 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.12 million shares were traded. MCO stock price reached its highest trading level at $449.46 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $436.88.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of MCO, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 26.74 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 31.55. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.43 and its Current Ratio is at 1.43. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.17 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.95.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Mizuho on Mar-13-25, initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned the stock a target price of $504.
On December 20, 2024, Citigroup started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $565.
On October 02, 2024, Evercore ISI started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $521.Evercore ISI initiated its Outperform rating on October 02, 2024, with a $521 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 04 ’25 when Fauber Robert sold 2,988 shares for $493.75 per share. The transaction valued at 1,475,279 led to the insider holds 63,092 shares of the business.
Tulenko Stephen T sold 5,027 shares of MCO for $2,429,010 on Mar 05 ’25. The President, Moody’s Analytics now owns 7,679 shares after completing the transaction at $483.19 per share. On Mar 04 ’25, another insider, Steele Richard G, who serves as the SVP – General Counsel of the company, sold 277 shares for $493.68 each. As a result, the insider received 136,614 and left with 1,386 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MCO now has a Market Capitalization of 79532523520 and an Enterprise Value of 84995997696. As of this moment, Moody’s’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 39.26, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 27.91. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.11. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 11.22 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 22.36. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 11.992 whereas that against EBITDA is 24.911.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MCO is 1.40, which has changed by 0.15312588 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.087141395 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MCO has reached a high of $531.93, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $360.05. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.23%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -5.33%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, MCO traded about 763.42K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, MCO traded about 1071230 shares per day. A total of 180.31M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 179.69M. Insiders hold about 0.11% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 92.67% stake in the company. Shares short for MCO as of 1740700800 were 2742702 with a Short Ratio of 3.59, compared to 1738281600 on 1611696. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2742702 and a Short% of Float of 1.77.
Dividends & Splits
MCO’s forward annual dividend rate is 3.49, up from 3.4 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0076602455The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.81. The current Payout Ratio is 30.18% for MCO, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-25 with an ex-dividend date of 1740441600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2005-05-19 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
