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MCO Moody's Corporation

Financials · Financial Exchanges & Data · close $485.07 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30

56
C
#5/38 in sector · #109/964 overall

Moody's Corporation (MCO) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 56/100 (grade C), ranking #5 of 38 in Financials. Its strongest pillars are profitability (80) and growth (63); its weakest is valuation (16). TTM revenue growth is 11.7% and operating margin 44.8%.

Data as of .

Analyst sentiment

weight 7.5% · 50
Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%)derived58
90-day net rating shift (3.8%)derived54

Growth

weight 30.83% · 63
Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%)11.7%51
EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%)34.0%67
Revenue acceleration (6.2%)7.1%81

Profitability

weight 18.5% · 80
Operating margin (9.9%)44.8%83
4Q gross-margin change (8.6%)2.2%77

Balance sheet

weight 18.5% · 57
Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%)1.33×45
Current ratio (4.9%)1.1973
Interest coverage (3.7%)14.56×66

Cash flow

weight 12.33% · 42
FCF margin (6.2%)33.4%69
FCF yield (6.2%)3.1%15

Valuation

weight 12.33% · 16
P/E (inverted) (6.2%)30.78×20
EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%)10.97×11

Technicals (EOD)

RSI(14)60.7
EMA 9 / 21469.25 / 466.93 · crossed up 2d ago
200-day SMA469.00
Volume vs 20d avg0.88×
20-day return5.0%

Exit-rule monitor

  • EXITRating break: House Rating below 60

Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax · Gross profit: Revenue − CostOfRevenue · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpenseBorrowings · D&A: DepreciationAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).

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FAQ

What is MCO's House Rating?
MCO scores 56 out of 100 (grade C) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #5 of 38 Financials stocks we cover.
What do analysts say about MCO?
ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for MCO scores 50/100 against its sector peers, which we read as mixed. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
When does MCO report earnings next?
MCO's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-21 (window 2026-10-15 to 2026-10-31), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
Is MCO a buy?
ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.

Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology

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