Moody's (NYSE:MCO) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Moody's (NYSE:MCO - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 13.250-14.000 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 13.790. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Moody's Trading Down 2.6 %

Shares of MCO opened at $414.02 on Tuesday. The firm's 50-day moving average is $461.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is $473.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $74.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.74, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a current ratio of 1.47, a quick ratio of 1.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.81. Moody's has a twelve month low of $360.05 and a twelve month high of $531.93.

Moody's (NYSE:MCO - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The business services provider reported $2.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.27 by $0.35. Moody's had a net margin of 29.03% and a return on equity of 58.94%. The firm had revenue of $1.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.70 billion. On average, research analysts predict that Moody's will post 13.95 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Moody's Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 25th were given a $0.94 dividend. This is an increase from Moody's's previous quarterly dividend of $0.85. This represents a $3.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 25th. Moody's's dividend payout ratio is currently 33.36%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on MCO shares. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on shares of Moody's from $543.00 to $545.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. William Blair reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Moody's in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Barclays cut their target price on Moody's from $570.00 to $520.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 4th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on Moody's from $459.00 to $533.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Moody's from $585.00 to $495.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Moody's currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $524.33.

Insider Activity at Moody's

In other news, CEO Robert Fauber sold 281 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $522.20, for a total transaction of $146,738.20. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 61,894 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $32,321,046.80. This trade represents a 0.45 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders have sold 1,392 shares of company stock valued at $659,535 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.14% of the company's stock.

Moody's Company Profile

Moody's Corporation operates as an integrated risk assessment firm worldwide. It operates in two segments, Moody's Analytics and Moody's Investors Services. The Moody's Analytics segment develops a range of products and services that support the risk management activities of institutional participants in financial markets.

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