Moody’s Corp (MCO) is expecting 10.10% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

On Tuesday, Moody’s Corp (NYSE: MCO) opened higher 1.66% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $504.23. Price fluctuations for MCO have ranged from $360.05 to $506.27 over the past 52 weeks.

Financial Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 5.78% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 25.54% at the time writing. With a float of $180.68 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $181.23 million.

The firm has a total of 15151 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 66.81%, operating margin of 41.55%, and the pretax margin is 38.05%.

Moody’s Corp (MCO) Insider Activity

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Moody’s Corp is 0.29%, while institutional ownership is 91.92%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 03 ’25, was worth 138,932. In this transaction President and CEO of this company sold 281 shares at a rate of $494.42, taking the stock ownership to the 61,894 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 03 ’25, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 281 for $494.42, making the entire transaction worth $138,932.

Moody’s Corp (MCO) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.58 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 25.54% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 15.71% 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

Check out the current performance indicators for Moody’s Corp (MCO). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.63. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 13.47. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 39.95.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 10.94, a number that is poised to hit 2.60 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 13.57 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Moody’s Corp (MCO)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Moody’s Corp, MCO], we can find that recorded value of 1.03 million was better than the volume posted last year of 0.68 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 90.72%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 8.60.

During the past 100 days, Moody’s Corp’s (MCO) raw stochastic average was set at 99.29%, which indicates a significant increase from 98.67% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 13.04% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 19.83% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $485.28, while its 200-day Moving Average is $457.25. Now, the first resistance to watch is $515.65. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $518.71. The third major resistance level sits at $524.37. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $506.92, it is likely to go to the next support level at $501.26. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $498.20.

Moody’s Corp (NYSE: MCO) Key Stats

There are currently 181,200K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 92.88 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 5,916 M according to its annual income of 1,607 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,813 M and its income totaled 534,000 K.