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Moody’s Corporation

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USD 451.500.7% daily changeQuote 2026-10-06 · USD
Market cap (USD)
US$78.19B
Trailing P/E
28.65x
Forward P/E
23.85x
Quarterly revenue growth
15.1%
Trailing net margin
34.3%
Indicated dividend yield
0.9%

Snapshot 2026-10-06 · Latest financial period 2026-06-30 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.

Next earnings: 2026-10-21 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).

Company background

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.

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Q2 2026

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MetricMCOMoody's CorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30ICEIntercontinental Exchange, Inc.Snapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30CMECME Group Inc.Snapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30Peer medianSimilar-size peers only
Market capMarket value, converted to USDUS$78.19BUS$85.72BUS$96.70BUS$91.21Bn=2
Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate23.85x17.32x20.77x19.04xn=2
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA20.70x15.64x20.68x18.16xn=2
Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter15.1%4.8%0.8%2.8%n=2
Operating marginLatest reported quarter49.5%52.6%65.0%58.8%n=2
Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap3.3%4.2%3.0%3.6%n=2
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA1.51x2.90x0.33x1.62xn=2
Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity2.41x0.69x0.15x0.42xn=2
Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings28.65x21.54x22.81x22.17xn=2
Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share25.85x2.90x3.64x3.27xn=2
EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue10.28x9.94x14.61x12.27xn=2
Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter56.7%14.2%2.5%8.3%n=2
Gross marginTrailing twelve months75.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%n=2
Net marginTrailing twelve months34.3%38.2%63.4%50.8%n=2
Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only76.9%14.1%15.8%14.9%n=2
Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue31.6%34.4%43.1%38.7%n=2
Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price0.9%1.4%1.9%1.6%n=2
Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout25.0%28.2%95.4%61.8%n=2
Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities1.19x1.01x1.02x1.02xn=2
BetaProvider historical market sensitivity1.350.940.270.61n=2

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Q2 20262026-07-26
Q1 20262026-04-23
Deep Dive2026-04-23

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