Moody’s Corp (NYSE: MCO) kicked off on Tuesday, down -0.67% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $471.94. Over the past 52 weeks, MCO has traded in a range of $355.77-$495.10.
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A company in the Financial sector has jumped its sales by 6.36% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 22.50%. With a float of $181.02 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $182.47 million.
In an organization with 15151 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 59.14%, operating margin of 41.55%, and the pretax margin is 38.05%.
Moody’s Corp (MCO) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges Industry. The insider ownership of Moody’s Corp is 0.10%, while institutional ownership is 91.82%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 15 ’24, was worth 134,596. In this transaction President and CEO of this company sold 281 shares at a rate of $478.99, taking the stock ownership to the 61,354 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 15 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 281 for $478.99, making the entire transaction worth $134,596.
Moody’s Corp (MCO) Latest Financial update
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported 2.19 earnings per share (EPS), lower than consensus estimate (set at 2.32) by -0.13. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.55 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 22.50% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 15.00% during the next five years compared to 5.32% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Moody’s Corp (NYSE: MCO) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Moody’s Corp’s (MCO) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.63. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 12.32. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 36.53.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 10.94, a number that is poised to hit 2.27 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 13.37 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Moody’s Corp (MCO)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.7 million. That was inferior than the volume of 0.74 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 50.01%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 7.79.
During the past 100 days, Moody’s Corp’s (MCO) raw stochastic average was set at 65.81%, which indicates a significant increase from 49.57% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 16.06% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 19.77% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $473.49, while its 200-day Moving Average is $429.72. However, in the short run, Moody’s Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $471.44. Second resistance stands at $474.09. The third major resistance level sits at $475.83. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $467.05, it is likely to go to the next support level at $465.31. The third support level lies at $462.66 if the price breaches the second support level.
Moody’s Corp (NYSE: MCO) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 84.94 billion has total of 181,200K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 5,916 M in contrast with the sum of 1,607 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 1,813 M and last quarter income was 534,000 K.
