Moody's Corporation (MCO) Stock

About Moody's Corporation

Moody's Corporation is led by CEO Robert Scott Fauber, employs 15,795 people, headquartered in New York City, US, publicly traded since 1994.

Moody's Corporation (MCO) stock trades at $483.45 with a market capitalization of $83.36B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 29.65, price-to-book of 27.19, price-to-sales of 9.95. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $402.28 and $546.88, and currently trades 11.6% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.88%.

On profitability, Moody's Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 79.69%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 32.48%, an operating margin of 44.77%, a net profit margin of 34.25%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Moody's Corporation reported annual revenue of $7.7B, net profit of $2.5B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 7.5%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 6.7%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.49 (debt more than twice shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 1.74, total assets of $15.8B, $2.4B in cash and equivalents. For banks and other lenders, borrowing and deposits are part of the business model, so debt-to-equity and the current ratio read differently than for other companies.

MCO has an average daily trading volume of 861,783 shares, a beta of 1.33 (historically more volatile than the overall market).

Moody's Corporation by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Moody's Corporation reported revenue of $3.6B rising to $7.7B, a change of +114.2% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 7.5% a year over five years, 12.2% over three, 8.9% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $2.5B.

Operating margin went from 42.0% in 2016 to 44.8% in 2025, a gain of 2.8 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 34.25%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $8.2B and net profit $2.8B.

Borrowings rose from $3.4B to $7.4B, cash from operations was $2.9B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 60.5% over five years, and was 60.7% in the most recent year.

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Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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