Is Moodys Corporation (MCO) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Moodys Corporation's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 30.9, a forward P/E of about 25.4, a price-to-book of about 27.6 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Moodys Corporation's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.29×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Moodys Corporation's revenue?

Moodys Corporation reported revenue of $7.7B for FY2025, with net profit of $2.5B, per official filings.

What is the share price of Moodys Corporation (MCO)?

Moodys Corporation last traded at $480.61 (-0.1% on the day), as of 10/20/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Moodys Corporation

MCO · NYSE · Financials · United States

Snapshot

TickerMCO

ExchangeNYSE

SectorFinancials

IndustryFinancial Data & Stock Exchanges

CountryUnited States

Employees16,000

HeadquartersNew York, United States

Websitewww.moodys.com

Filings tracked15

About Moodys Corporation

Moody's Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated risk assessment firm in the United States, the rest of the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through two segments, Moody's Analytics (MA) and Moody's Investors Service (MIS). The MA segment develops a range of products and services that support the risk management activities of institutional participants in financial markets. This segment also offers credit research, credit models and analytics, economic data and models, and structured finance solutions; data sets on companies and securities; and cloud-based SaaS subscription solutions supporting banking, insurance, and know-your-customer workflows. The MIS segment publishes credit ratings and provides assessment services on various debt obligations, programs and facilities, and entities that issue such obligations, including corporate, financial institution, and governmental obligations, as well as structured finance securities. It also provides ratings, investment research, compliance and third-party risk, supplier risk, trade credit, business intelligence sales and marketing, financial and regulatory reporting, balance sheet management, capital management, credit portfolio management, and model risk and governance solutions; Maxsight, a unified risk platform; lending suite, origination, and monitoring solutions; and property, casualty, and sustainable insurance underwriting solutions. The company serves the financial, banking, insurance, corporate, public, and asset management sectors. 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.

Who owns it

Insiders14.4%
Institutions78.8%
Public & other6.8%

1,985 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc14.24%
TCI Fund Management Ltd8.28%
Blackrock Inc.7.20%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC5.63%
State Street Corporation4.11%
FMR, LLC2.88%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.31%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC2.16%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion1.29×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend27.2% → 31.9%

Margin has expanded by about 4.7 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Return on equity60.7%

Latest ROE of 60.7% — capital is generating a healthy return.

Growth qualityrev 14% · PAT 24%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $1.9B · EPS 3.60

Est. earnings growth -1.0%

Next fiscal year

Rev $8.8B · EPS 18.81

Est. earnings growth +11.2%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$7.7B

Net margin

31.9%

ROE

60.7%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+14.2%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+23.7%

EPS (FY2025)

13.67

Net profit (FY2025)

$2.5B

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$7.7B	$2.5B	13.67	31.9%	60.7%
FY2024	$7.1B	$2.1B	11.26	29.0%	57.7%
FY2023	$5.9B	$1.6B	8.73	27.2%	48.4%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$2.2B	$878.0M	5.03	40.2%
2026Q1	$2.1B	$661.0M	3.73	31.8%
2025Q3	$2.0B	$646.0M	3.60	32.2%
2025Q2	$1.9B	$578.0M	3.21	30.5%
2025Q1	$1.9B	$625.0M	3.46	32.5%
2024Q3	$1.8B	$534.0M	2.93	29.5%
2024Q2	$1.8B	$552.0M	3.02	30.4%
2024Q1	$1.8B	$577.0M	3.15	32.3%
2023Q3	$1.5B	$389.0M	2.11	26.4%
2023Q2	$1.5B	$377.0M	2.05	25.2%
2023Q1	$1.5B	$501.0M	2.72	34.1%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Executive/director change, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC8/12/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC7/23/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC7/22/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/23/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/22/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC4/16/2026material
8-K — Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC4/15/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC2/18/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/18/2026
8-K — Executive/director change, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC1/12/2026material

2025

8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC12/19/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC10/23/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC10/22/2025material
8-K — Bylaw/charter change, Other events, Exhibits
SEC10/17/2025material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC8/21/2025material

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