Moody's

MCO · NYSE · USD

$447.36Change from previous close: −1.49%Absolute change: −$6.77

Close · October 1, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 2, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
$77.47B
Enterprise value
$83.74B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
28.9
Forward P/E
23.6
PEG
1.59
Price/book
25.6
Price/sales
9.49
EV/EBITDA
20.7
EV/revenue
10.3

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
75.0%
Operating margin
49.5%
Net margin
34.3%
ROE
76.9%
ROA
15.6%
Revenue growth (year over year)
15.1%
Earnings growth (year over year)
56.7%

Financial health

Total cash
$1.5B
Total debt
$7.62B
Debt/equity
2.41
Current ratio
1.19
Quick ratio
1.04

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
$4.12
Dividend yield
0.9%
Payout ratio
25.0%
Ex-dividend date
August 14, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
$561.90
Median price target
$570.00
High price target
$610.00
Low price target
$505.00
Analysts with a price target
21
Consensus
Buy
Forward EPS
$18.92
EPS estimate, current year
$16.97

Shares and trading

Beta
1.33
Average volume
771.25K
Shares outstanding
173.18M
Float
158.52M
Institutional ownership
78.9%
Insider ownership
14.4%
Short interest (% of float)
1.9%
Short ratio (days)
4.19