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Moody's Corporation

MCO

Financial Services · 454.88 -1.1% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 29 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Moody's Corporation's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 22 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 0 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 8.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Net margin fell 0.7 percentage points.
Company-1.1% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 22 activeEquity Risk · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 0 confirmingRelationship data unavailable
What would change this read
  • Recurring revenue increase linked to annual price increases and higher monitored credits ($11M reported change).

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if MCO's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Financial Services · Financial Data & Stock Exchanges

The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 22 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 0 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 8.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.42x, improving versus the comparable period.
Evidence that challenges
  • Net margin fell 0.7 percentage points.
What would clarify the read
  • Recurring revenue increase linked to annual price increases and higher monitored credits ($11M reported change).

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 30, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations614
Usable filing statements109
Verified relationships0
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +8.9% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +2.9 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed +2.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Pricing and mix has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 25% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 29, 2026

454.88
6m+5.3%12m-4.6%24m-5.1%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$6.2B+15.8%$11.78-0.7%
2022-12-31$5.5B-12.1%$7.44-1.7%
2023-12-31$5.9B+8.2%$8.73-0.4%
2024-12-31$7.1B+19.8%$11.26-0.7%
2025-12-31$7.7B+8.9%$13.67-1.5%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Demand and volumepositive · 5 filings
“Transaction revenue increased $23 million compared to the same period in the prior year, primarily due to higher banking activity in the U.S., supported by favorable spreads and strong investor demand.”
10-Q · Jul 23, 2026 ↗
Pricing and mixpositive · 5 filings
“Recurring revenue increased $11 million, primarily reflecting the impact of annual price increases and higher monitored credits.”
10-Q · Jul 23, 2026 ↗
Restructuring and cost reductionsmixed · 5 filings
“Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 2025 Operating income $ 922 $ 846 Adjustments: Depreciation and amortization 122 113 Restructuring 27 33 Reserve for international non-income tax obligation 34 — Charges related to asset abandonment — 2 Adjusted Operating Inc…”
10-Q · Apr 23, 2026 ↗
Credit and interest ratesmixed · 4 filings
“Transaction revenue increased $56 million compared to the prior year, which primarily reflected: – higher issuance activity for speculative-grade bonds driven by elevated third-quarter activity as issuers took advantage of favorable conditions, including tigh…”
10-Q · Oct 23, 2025 ↗

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 10.6× · EV/sales 11.2×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Scenarios are withheld for Financial Services until sector-specific earnings and capital metrics are available; generic revenue/P/S scaffolds would be misleading.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

454.88-1.1% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 29 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for MCO. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

The latest filing presents a mixed picture

10-Q filed 2026-04-23 against the comparable filing from 2025-04-23.

mixed
OperationsmixedEvidence score +1
liquidityconstructiveEvidence score +1
valuationmixed

What improved

  • Revenue increased 8.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.42x, improving versus the comparable period.

What weakened

  • Net margin fell 0.7 percentage points.

Filing receipts

“Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities The $315 million increase in cash used in investing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025 was primarily due to: – a $485 million decrease in sales and maturities of investments primarily due to the maturity of certificates of deposit in the first quarter of 2025, of which the proceeds were used to repay notes payable in the prior year; partially offset by: – lower cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired of $200 million primarily due to amounts paid for the acquisition of CAPE Analytics in the first quarter of 2025.”

“Constant currency revenue (1) decline for FIG was 1%. – Recurring revenue increased by $7 million, primarily reflecting the impact of annual price increases and higher monitored credits; partially offset by: – a decrease in Transaction Revenue of $4 million compared to the first quarter of 2025, primarily reflecting lower volumes from infrequent issuers, particularly in the insurance sector.”

“G was 1%. – Recurring revenue increased by $7 million, primarily reflecting the impact of annual price increases and higher monitored credits; partially offset by: – a decrease in Transaction Revenue of $4 million compared to the first quarter of 2025, primarily reflecting lower volumes from infrequent issuers, particularly in the insurance sector.”

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind MCO

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

MCO is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Equity Risk. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. No verified filing-linked names are available yet.

This group is retained as the last observed read for MCO; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.