Moody’s Corp [MCO] stock prices are up 0.45% to $470.89 at the moment. 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 0.17% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.16%, 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.
The stock price of Moody’s Corp [MCO] has been fluctuating between $360.05 and $531.93 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $507 within the next 12 months. Moody’s Corp [NYSE: MCO] shares were valued at $470.89 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 7.67% based on the average MCO price forecast.
Analyzing the MCO fundamentals
The Moody’s Corp [NYSE:MCO] reported sales of 7.09B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 12.97%. 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 464.93 points at the first support level, and at 458.96 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 474.39, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 477.88.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Moody’s Corp [NYSE:MCO]’s Current Ratio 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 11.95, the price to book ratio is 23.82 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 41.81.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Fauber Robert, President and CEO, that happened on Apr 01 ’25 when 415.0 shares were sold. Officer, Fauber Robert completed a deal on Apr 01 ’25 to buy 415.0 shares. Meanwhile, President and CEO Fauber Robert sold 415.0 shares on Mar 17 ’25.
