Moodys Corporation (MCO) is a leading financial data & stock exchanges business with stocks listed in the US. It opened the day at US$380 after a previous close of US$381.21. During the day the price has varied from a low of USD372.63 to a high of USD380.93. The latest price was USD375.18 (25 minute delay). Moodys Corporation is listed on the NYSE. All prices are listed in US Dollars.
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Moodys Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 18 May 2005. So if you had owned 1 share the day before the split, the next day you would own 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Moodys Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Moodys Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Moodys Corporation's share price.
| Open | US$380 |
|---|---|
| High | US$380.93 |
| Low | US$372.63 |
| Close | US$375.18 |
| Previous close | US$381.21 |
| Change | US$-6.03 |
| Change % | -1.5818% |
| Volume | 891,766 |
| 52-week range | US$293.7354 - US$406.6981 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | US$383.564 |
| 200-day moving average | US$360.2019 |
| Target price | US$409.55 |
| PE ratio | 43.6667 |
| Dividend yield | US$3.08 (0.89%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | US$8.73 |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of $375.18
| 1 week (2024-04-19) | 0.14% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-03-26) | -4.03% |
| 3 months (2024-01-26) | -3.62% |
| 6 months (2023-10-26) | 20.99% |
| 1 year (2023-04-25) | 22.43% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-04-25) | 15.26% |
| 3 years (2021-04-26) | 15.34% |
| 5 years (2019-04-26) | 91.85% |
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Valuing Moodys Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Moodys Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Moodys Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 44x. In other words, Moodys Corporation shares trade at around 44x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Moodys Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.2477. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Moodys Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Moodys Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is US$2.6 billion (£2.1 billion).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Moodys Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure stock profitability.
Over the last 12 months, Moodys Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as US$293.7354 up to US$406.6981. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Moodys Corporation's is 1.261. This would suggest that Moodys Corporation's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
| Revenue TTM | US$5.9 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 36.22% |
| Gross profit TTM | US$3.9 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 9.64% |
| Return on equity TTM | 52.17% |
| Profit margin | 27.16% |
| Book value | 18.184 |
| Market capitalisation | US$69.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 31.89% of net profits
Recently Moodys Corporation has paid out, on average, around 31.89% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.89% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Moodys Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0.89% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Moodys Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $3.08 per share.
While Moodys Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Moodys Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Moodys Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 14 March 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 21 February 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Moodys Corporation.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 8.18
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Moodys Corporation's overall score of 8.18 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Moodys Corporation is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 3.92/100
Social score: 4.4/100
Governance score: 2.2/100
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Moodys Corporation scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Moodys Corporation has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Moodys Corporation was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 8.18 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 2.76 |
| Environmental score | 3.92 |
| Social score | 4.4 |
| Governance score | 2.2 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Moody's Corporation operates as an integrated risk assessment firm worldwide. It operates in two segments, Moody's Analytics and Moody's Investors Services. The Moody's Analytics segment develops a range of products and services that support the risk management activities of institutional participants in financial markets. It also offers credit research, credit models and analytics, economics data and models, and structured finance solutions; data sets on companies and securities; and SaaS solutions supporting banking, insurance, and know your customer workflows. The Moody's Investors Service segment publishes credit ratings and provides assessment services on various debt obligations, programs and facilities, and entities that issue such obligations, such as various corporate, financial institution, and governmental obligations, as well as structured finance securities. The company was formerly known as Dun and Bradstreet Company and changed its name to Moody's Corporation in September 2000. Moody's Corporation was founded in 1900 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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