A share price of Moody’s Corp [MCO] is currently trading at $460.31, up 2.27%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The MCO shares have gain 4.11% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -11.41%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Moody’s Corp [NYSE: MCO] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 12, 2025, when Mizuho initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $504. Previously, Citigroup started tracking the stock with Buy rating on December 20, 2024, and set its price target to $565. On October 02, 2024, Evercore ISI initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $521 on the stock. Raymond James downgraded its rating to a Underperform. Wells Fargo initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $510 as its price target on August 13, 2024. BMO Capital Markets downgraded its rating to Market Perform for this stock on July 24, 2024, and downed its price target to $455. In a note dated April 02, 2024, Barclays upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $375 to $450.
Moody’s Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $360.05 and $531.93. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $510.5 within the next 12 months. Moody’s Corp [NYSE: MCO] shares were valued at $460.31 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 10.9% based on the average MCO price forecast.
Analyzing the MCO fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Moody’s Corp [NYSE:MCO] were 7.09B which represents 12.97% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.68% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.41%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.38%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.29%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.13, Equity is 0.56 and Total Capital is 0.24. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.17.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 452.09 points at the first support level, and at 443.86 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 465.43, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 470.54.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Moody’s Corp [NYSE:MCO] is 1.43. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.43 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.67. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 11.68, the price to book ratio is 23.28 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 40.87.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Fauber Robert, President and CEO, that happened on Mar 17 ’25 when 415.0 shares were sold. Officer, Fauber Robert completed a deal on Mar 17 ’25 to buy 415.0 shares. Meanwhile, President and CEO Fauber Robert sold 2988.0 shares on Mar 04 ’25.
