Moody's Corporation (MCO)
Financial Services · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for MCO is $541.87, 11.7% above the last close of $485.07 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $467.20 to $606.70. Rating consensus: Buy.
Snapshot
- P/E30.8x
- P/E vs sector+116.3%
- P/E vs own-9.3%
- Target upside+11.7%
- ConsensusBuy
- Market cap$84.01B
- FCF yield+4.0%
- Insiders-$1.43M
- Earnings in5d
- News
Why it moved
Moody's Corporation (MCO) rose 0.3% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Financial Services stocks rose 0.3%. Most of the move came from its sector.
2 stories on the day (30-day average 0.5).
- 3,760 Moody’s Corporation $MCO Shares Sold by Banque Pictet & Cie SA
- Curious about Moody's (MCO) Q3 Performance? Explore Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics
Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $485.07 · +4.4% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendsideways
- Sector▲ -3.9%
- MAs20▲ 50▲ 100▲ 200▲
- Above MAs4 of 4 above
- MA20×50↑ in ~41d
- RSI61
- Support-3.6%
- Resistance+1.4%
- Off 52w high-9.5%
- Off ATH-9.5%
- 52w range$485.07
- Bollingerabove upper
- MACD4.30
- ATR+2.3%
- Volume0.9x
Analyst price targets
15 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $485.07 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 5 · Buy 13 · Hold 6 · Sell 0 · Strong sell 0
Revenue and free cash flow
Q2 FY2026: Revenue +15.1% year over year, free cash flow 40.0% of revenue, operating margin 47.9%.
| Q2 FY2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $2.19B | 5.02 | $874M | 76.3% | 47.9% | 40.2% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $2.08B | 3.73 | $844M | 74.5% | 44.3% | 31.8% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $1.89B | 3.41 | $777M | 66.9% | 42.1% | 32.3% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $2.01B | 3.60 | $903M | 69.4% | 45.7% | 32.2% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $1.9B | 3.20 | $468M | 67.7% | 44.4% | 30.5% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $1.92B | 3.46 | $672M | 68.7% | 45.8% | 32.5% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $1.67B | 2.17 | $600M | 63.5% | 37.1% | 23.6% |
| Q3 FY2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $1.81B | 2.93 | $631M | 65.7% | 41.9% | 29.5% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $429.64 | +1.1% | -20.8% | +20.5% | 26.2 | $127B | |
| 2 |  | $293.87 | +1.5% | -6.9% | +1.7% | 24.9 | $106B | |
| 3 |  | $161.56 | +2.0% | -6.8% | +12.8% | 22.8 | $90.7B | |
| 4 | | $485.07 | +0.3% | -9.5% | +11.7% | 30.8 | $84.01B | |
| 5 |  | $93.97 | +0.5% | -6.0% | +19.4% | 27.4 | $52.53B | |
| 6 |  | $173.16 | -5.8% | -52.1% | +27.3% | — | $45.69B | |
| 7 |  | $569.08 | -1.0% | -11.3% | +22.5% | 31.4 | $41.37B | |
| 8 |  | $314.98 | +2.2% | -13.7% | +3.2% | 24.6 | $32.89B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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