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Moody's (MCO) stock analysis

$481.05+1.20%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • MCO gained 2.5% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 256th of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned +1.8%, 14.0 points behind the S&P 500, and trades 10.7% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 3 analysts raised earnings estimates and 3 cut; forward EPS moved −0.8% (−0.3% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Indexes, ratings & data segment of the Capital Markets & Asset Management, where the 1-month median return is +10.1%.
  • The daily chart reads Trend transition · Trend repair (since Oct 16, 2026).
Market cap$83.3B
12-month return+1.8%
Forward P/E25.6×
Mean target vs price+14.6%

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

MCO+2.5%
Sector median−1.1%
S&P 5000.0%
MCO+1.9%
Sector median−1.6%
S&P 500+4.7%
MCO+3.1%
Sector median+4.3%
S&P 500+8.7%
MCO+1.8%
Sector median+15.0%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 500256 / 497
3-month rank in its sector · Financial Services239 / 688

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Trend transition · Trend repairAwaiting confirmation

Holding since Oct 16, 2026

  • Price and averages have mixed alignment
  • EMA50 is approximately flat
  • Volume exceeds 1.5× the prior 20-session average; supporting evidence only
  • Neither a stable trend nor a range is confirmed
This pattern on this stock

43 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was +3.3%, positive 65% of the time, against +1.9% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$18.74
30-day change−0.8%
90-day change−0.3%
Mean target$551.29 +14.6%
Raised (30d) 3Cut (30d) 3

21 analysts cover the stock

Fundamental shape vs peers

Six dimensions on fixed scales. The filled shape is the company; the outline is the peer average.

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Ahead of peersProfit, Growth

Behind peersValuation, Revisions

PeersSPGI · CME · ICE · NDAQ

Where it sits in the supply chain

Capital Markets & Asset Management · Data, indexes & ratings

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Its segment
Indexes, ratings & data+10.1%
SPGI+10.1%1 monthMCO+2.5%1 monthMSCI+10.1%1 monthFDS+15.7%1 monthBR+9.4%1 month

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Sells into
Public-market managers−2.1%
BLK+7.8%1 monthTROW−0.8%1 monthBEN−3.4%1 monthIVZ−5.2%1 month
Brokers & wealth managers−5.7%
GS−4.7%1 monthMS−6.6%1 monthSCHW−8.7%1 monthIBKR−7.1%1 monthAMP−4.3%1 monthRJF−2.0%1 month

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Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−23.6%
Volatility, 60D22.9%
From 52-week high−10.7%
From 52-week low+16.9%
Trailing P/E30.5×
Forward P/E25.6×
SPGIS&P GlobalMSCIMSCI Inc.FDSFactSet Research Systems Inc.BRBroadridge Financial Solutions,BLKBlackRockTROWT. Rowe Price Group, Inc.BENFranklin Resources, Inc.IVZInvesco Ltd

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