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Moody's Corporation

MCO stock analysis · Financials · Financial Exchanges & Data

FY 2025-12-31ANNUAL FILINGS
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These are research estimates based on annual filings. Valuation uses a cash-flow proxy and explicit assumptions; prices are not live. Published valuations use annual periods first filed by the price date, with later restatements retained.
Reference share price · USD
$452.92HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT

As of · fund-implied per-share value

Fund holding value ÷ shares held. Not a live quote; not adjusted for later stock splits.

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Estimated issuer market cap
$78.4B

Price × SEC outstanding shares. Shares measured 2026-06-30. Approximate; share and price dates can differ.

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Reviewed cash-flow model

Reviewed operating-business exception limited to this annual period. Moody's earns ratings and analytics fees. The annual report reconciles $2.901bn operating cash flow less $326m capital additions to $2.575bn free cash flow, supporting general operating-business proxies. Ratings regulation and securities-market demand remain business risks. Consolidated cash flow and assets include minority-owned subsidiaries; FCF yield is a consolidated ownership proxy, not an allocation to Moody's common holders. DCF and reverse DCF await a dated minority-claim bridge. Business description ↗

Valuation

DCF value

Consolidated cash flow includes noncontrolling interests. A dated valuation bridge for those claims has not been reviewed, so per-share DCF and reverse DCF remain unavailable.

Consolidated cash flow includes noncontrolling interests. A dated valuation bridge for those claims has not been reviewed, so per-share DCF and reverse DCF remain unavailable.

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Valuation

Reverse DCF

Consolidated cash flow includes noncontrolling interests. A dated valuation bridge for those claims has not been reviewed, so per-share DCF and reverse DCF remain unavailable.

Consolidated cash flow includes noncontrolling interests. A dated valuation bridge for those claims has not been reviewed, so per-share DCF and reverse DCF remain unavailable.

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Valuation

Relative valuation

-22.3%

7 industry peers · median 24.8×

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Valuation

Historical multiples

40.8×

7 annual observations · snapshot P/E 31.9× · -21.9% versus history

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Valuation

Free cash flow yield

3.3%

Annual basis · read assumptions below

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Quality

ROIC / quality

30.1%

Normalized tax · financing-capital proxy · short-term borrowing coverage incomplete

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Valuation

Value composite

9/100

Annual basis · read assumptions below

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Momentum

12–1 price momentum

Split and corporate-action verification is incomplete for these fund observations. Verified adjusted endpoints are required for 12–1 momentum.

Split and corporate-action verification is incomplete for these fund observations. Verified adjusted endpoints are required for 12–1 momentum.

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Investment

Asset growth

2.1%

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Investment

Net payout yield

2.9%

Annual basis · read assumptions below

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Quality

Accrual quality

-2.8%

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Momentum

Fundamental momentum

3.1%

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Follow the cash

ANNUAL · USD

Operating cash flow and reinvestment over time

USD · bar maximum 2.9B2020-12-31: cfo $2,146,000,000.002020-12-31: capex $103,000,000.0020202021-12-31: cfo $2,005,000,000.002021-12-31: capex $139,000,000.0020212022-12-31: cfo $1,474,000,000.002022-12-31: capex $283,000,000.0020222023-12-31: cfo $2,151,000,000.002023-12-31: capex $271,000,000.0020232024-12-31: cfo $2,838,000,000.002024-12-31: capex $317,000,000.0020242025-12-31: cfo $2,901,000,000.002025-12-31: capex $326,000,000.002025
Operating cash flowCapital expenditure

Annual USD. Negative bars use a compressed lower scale. Hover or inspect the financial history table for exact values.

Make the assumptions yours

Personal inputs stay in this browser. Blank fields retain published inputs. Five-year forecast; zero net borrowing. Required return must exceed terminal growth.

How sensitive is the valuation?

DCF per-share sensitivity · includes reviewed preferred and minority-owner claims · rows: required return · columns: growth
Return / Growth3.0%5.0%7.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%

Annual financial history

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Fiscal year-endRevenueNet incomeOperating cash flowCapital expenditureAssets
2025-12-317.7B2.5B2.9B326M15.8B
2024-12-317.1B2.1B2.8B317M15.5B
2023-12-315.9B1.6B2.2B271M14.6B
2022-12-315.5B1.4B1.5B283M14.3B
2021-12-316.2B2.2B2B139M14.7B
2020-12-315.4B1.8B2.1B103M12.4B
2019-12-314.8B1.4B1.7B69M10.3B
2018-12-314.4B1.3B1.5B91M9.5B

USD, abbreviated. Restated annual history; not a point-in-time backtest. Missing values appear as dashes.

Trace the inputs

MODEL ANNUAL PERIOD
InputValueSEC tag / sourceFiled
revenue7.7BRevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax2026-02-18
netIncome2.5BProfitLoss
Explicit consolidated amount, including the portion attributable to noncontrolling interests.
2026-02-18
Parent/common earnings proxy2.5BNetIncomeLoss2026-02-18
cfo2.9BNetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities2026-02-18
capex326MPaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment2026-02-18
operatingIncome3.4BOperatingIncomeLoss2026-02-18
assets15.8BAssets2026-02-18
equity4.2BStockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Explicit consolidated amount, including the portion attributable to noncontrolling interests.
2026-02-18
Parent book equity proxy4.1BStockholdersEquity2026-02-18
debt7BLongTermDebt2026-02-18
shortDebtNot reported under a supported tag
cash2.4BCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue2026-02-18
shares179.9MWeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding2026-02-18
dividends701MPaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock2026-02-18
buybacks1.6BPaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock2026-02-18
issuance49MReviewed manual correction
Bounded FY2025-12-31 consolidated financing-statement extraction. Proceeds from stock-based compensation plans: 49000000 USD [us-gaap:ProceedsFromStockPlans]. All 8 financing lines reconcile exactly to reported financing cash flow -3063000000 USD. Cash inflows from common shares, employee plans and option exercises are summed once as displayed on the statement; noncash compensation, withholding payments, preferred and noncontrolling interests are excluded. This review applies only to this issuer and fiscal period. Source limitation: issuance follows the separately reported common cash-inflow lines; it is not an independent verification of every gross equity transaction.
2026-02-18