Stock of Moody’s Corp (MCO) performance and profitability takes another direction

A share price of Moody’s Corp [MCO] is currently trading at $519.85, up 3.70%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The MCO shares have gain 2.43% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.93%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Previously, Mizuho started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on March 12, 2025, and set its price target to $504. On December 20, 2024, Citigroup initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $565 on the stock. Evercore ISI started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and suggested a price target of $521 on October 02, 2024. Raymond James downgraded its rating to a Underperform. Wells Fargo started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on August 13, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $510. In a note dated July 24, 2024, BMO Capital Markets downgraded an Market Perform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $482 to $455.

Moody’s Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $378.71 and $531.93. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $488 within the next 12 months. Moody’s Corp [NYSE: MCO] shares were valued at $519.85 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -6.13% based on the average MCO price forecast.

Analyzing the MCO fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Moody’s Corp [NYSE:MCO] were 7.31B which represents 4.46% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.73% 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 0.14, Equity is 0.56 and Total Capital is 0.23. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.84.

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Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Moody’s Corp [NYSE:MCO] is 1.70. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.70, while the Cash Ratio is 0.82. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 12.76, the price to book ratio is 23.61 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 44.18.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Tulenko Stephen T, Officer, that happened on Aug 04 ’25 when 300.0 shares were purchased. President and CEO, Fauber Robert completed a deal on Aug 01 ’25 to sell 415.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Fauber Robert bought 415.0 shares on Aug 01 ’25.

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