At the time of writing, Moody’s Corp [MCO] stock is trading at $477.24, up 1.72%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The MCO shares have gain 6.03% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.73%, 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.
For the past year, the stock price of Moody’s Corp fluctuated 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 $477.24 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 6.97% based on the average MCO price forecast.
Analyzing the MCO fundamentals
According to Moody’s Corp [NYSE:MCO], the company’s sales were 7.09B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 12.97% jump. 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. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 2.17.
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 471.44 points at the first support level, and at 465.65 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 480.70, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 484.17.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Moody’s Corp [NYSE:MCO] has a current ratio of 1.43. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 1.43, and the Cash Ratio is 0.67. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 12.11, the price to book ratio is 24.14 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 42.37.
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.
