Moody’s Corp (NYSE: MCO) is -7.35% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $360.05 and a high of $531.93 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MCO stock was last observed hovering at around $396.70 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 41.89%.
Currently trading at $438.59, the stock is -2.52% and -7.99% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.53 million and changing 10.56% at the moment leaves the stock -6.93% off its SMA200. MCO registered 10.74% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -4.14%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $476.6714 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $471.237.
The stock witnessed a -1.19% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.48%, and is -6.86% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 8.56% over the week and 3.66% over the month.
Moody’s Corp (MCO) has around 15838 employees, a market worth around $78.90B and $7.09B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 38.94 and Fwd P/E is 27.94. Profit margin for the company is 29.03%. Distance from 52-week low is 21.81% and -17.55% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (19.58%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 11.92% this year
1803.0 institutions hold shares in Moody’s Corp (MCO), with institutional investors hold 91.20% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 180.31M, and float is at 179.69M with Short Float at 1.70%. Institutions hold 78.59% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC with over 24.67 million shares valued at $10.38 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 13.5325 of the MCO Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 14.56 million shares valued at $6.13 billion to account for 7.9753 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are TCI FUND MANAGEMENT LTD which holds 13.25 million shares representing 7.2665 and valued at over $5.58 billion, while BLACKROCK INC. holds 7.2338 of the shares totaling 13.19 million with a market value of $5.55 billion.
Moody’s Corp (MCO) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Fauber Robert, the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that Fauber Robert sold 415 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 01 ’25 at a price of $463.08 per share for a total of $0.19 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 62824.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 17 ’25, Fauber Robert (President and CEO) disposed off 415 shares at an average price of $444.43 for $0.18 million. The insider now directly holds 62,958 shares of Moody’s Corp (MCO).
