MCO · Moody's Corp
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $83.35B |
| P/E | 29.70 |
| Float | 148.3M |
| Beta | 1.32 |
| Volatility | 33.1% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | High |
| Clavix score | 80.1 |
| Price | 482.78 |
| Change | +0.32% |
| Prev Close | 481.26 |
| Open | 481.22 |
| Day Low | 478.58 |
| Day High | 483.00 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $342.0M |
| 52W High | 546.88 |
| 52W Low | 402.28 |
| 52W Pos | 55.7% |
| From High | −11.72% |
| From Low | +20.01% |
| Max DD 1Y | −23.61% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +4.30% |
| SMA 50 | +1.08% |
| SMA 200 | +2.97% |
| RSI (14) | 57.9 |
| Vol 30D | 24.0% |
| Vol 90D | 26.9% |
| 1Y Range | 402–547 |
| Daily bars | 537 |
| Perf Week | +2.29% |
| Perf Month | +2.70% |
| Perf Quarter | −1.94% |
| Perf Half Y | +4.64% |
| Perf Year | +2.71% |
| Perf YTD | −3.25% |
| Prev Day | +0.32% |
| Clavix | B+ |
| Debt / Eq | 1.73 |
| Curr Ratio | 1.74 |
| Int Cover | 22.7× |
| FCF Margin | 33.4% |
| Rev Growth | +8.9% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | High |
| Sector rank | 13 / 69 |
What MCO does
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 Services (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, economics data and models, and structured finance solutions; data sets on companies and securities; and cloud-based SaaS subscription-based solutions supporting banking, insurance, and know-your-customer workflows.
Its MIS segment publishes credit ratings and provides assessment services on various debt obligations, programs and facilities, and entities that issue such obligations, such as various 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, corporation, 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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayMCO grades B+, 80.1 of 100. Steadiest on News Sentiment (67), most exposed on Sector Resilience (56, mixed). 4 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Financial Services median. Ranks 13 of 69 in Financial Services by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| MCO | Financial Services median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.32 | 1.21 |
| Volatilityannualized | 33.1% | 30.2% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −23.6% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 1.06% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 18 (7%) | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| MCO | Financial Services median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.32 | 1.21 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | High | Moderate 39% of 70 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Financial Services names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| MCO | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +2.3% |
| 1 month | +2.7% |
| Year to date | −3.2% |
| 1 year | +2.7% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| MCO | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 30 Jun |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 63 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 21 · 3 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 21 ↑ 3 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 70 Financial Services names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| MCO | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +8.9% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Financial Services median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openAnalysts expect Moody's Q3 earnings to get a boost from strong debt issuance and demand for its analytics products, but rising costs and uneven levels of new financing deals could offset some of that growth.
In early October 2026, Moody's Corporation and Allvue Systems launched the EDF-X Private Credit Model, a credit risk tool designed to spot borrower stress early in the private credit market. It is Moody's first credit model built using actual private credit performance data, with the goal of adding transparency to a market that currently has limited visibility into credit risk.
Morgan Stanley said Moody's and S&P Global are likely to face weak debt issuance in Q3, following a period of sharp increases. The article body is truncated and does not provide further detail.
Moody's Corporation and Allvue Systems jointly launched the EDF-X Private Credit Model, a new tool designed to flag early signs that a borrower may struggle to repay debt in the private credit market. The model combines Moody's credit expertise with Allvue's private credit performance data.
HealthEquity (HQY) has appointed Noémie Heuland, the Chief Financial Officer of Moody's Corporation (MCO), to its board of directors, effective September 30, 2026. The article describes Heuland's role at Moody's but does not describe any change at Moody's itself.
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