Market Eyes LiveMoody's Corporation (MCO) Stock Rating & Analysis
MELANY's data-driven read on Moody's Corporation · Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies.
Moody's, alongside S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed-income securities. Its Moody's Investors Service ratings segment covers corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance, and accounts for most of the firm's profit and often most of its revenue depending on bond issuance, while Moody's Analytics includes decision solutions, research and insights, and data and information.
Why MCO scores 56/100
MELANY scores Moody's Corporation 56/100 by weighing eight factors. Here is how MCO breaks down.
Whether the price looks cheap or expensive against earnings, growth, and peers.
Margins, returns on capital, and balance-sheet strength.
- Gross margin 75%
- ROE 79%
Direction and relative strength of the recent share-price trend.
- Price +5.4% above 50-day MA
History of beating or missing estimates, and where estimates are heading.
- Beat EPS estimates 4 of last 4 quarters
- Avg EPS beat +5%
What Wall Street price targets and revisions are signalling.
Near-term events that could move the stock.
Upside weighed against volatility and drawdown risk.
How the current rate and market regime suits this kind of company.
Key risks for MCO
- High debt-to-equity ratio 2.4x, rate-sensitive balance sheet
Sector and theme context
Moody's Corporation sits in the Financials / rate cycle theme, which MELANY currently rates 59/100 for strength. Theme strength feeds MCO's momentum and catalyst factors above.
Tracking MCO
Moody's Corporation rates Hold right now, so MELANY is not flagging a fresh entry. Create a free account to add MCO to your watchlist and get alerted the moment the rating changes.
How MELANY rates MCO
MELANY is a rules-based engine that scores every stock from 0 to 100 across eight weighted factors, then re-scores as new price, earnings, and fundamental data arrive. Moody's Corporation's 56/100 reflects mature factor weighting for its profile.
Ratings are algorithmic and change with the data. They are research and education, not personalized investment advice.
Frequently asked questions about MCO
Is Moody's Corporation (MCO) a buy?
As of 2026-08-21, MELANY rated Moody's Corporation Hold with a composite score of 56/100. That is a dated snapshot, not the live rating, and it is an algorithmic reading built from eight factors rather than personalized investment advice. Review the factor breakdown above and the disclaimer below before making any decision.
What is Moody's Corporation's MELANY score?
Moody's Corporation (MCO) has a MELANY composite score of 56/100, combining valuation, business quality, price momentum, earnings track record, analyst sentiment, catalyst setup, risk-adjusted profile, and macro fit.
How is the MCO stock rating calculated?
MELANY scores MCO from 0 to 100 across eight weighted factors using live market and fundamental data, then refreshes the rating automatically as new data arrives.
Should I buy Moody's Corporation stock?
That decision is yours; Market Eyes Live does not give buy or sell advice. What the data says: MELANY rates Moody's Corporation (MCO) Hold with a composite of 56/100 as of 2026-08-21. The factor breakdown above shows what is driving that, which is a better basis for a decision than any one-word verdict.
What is the MCO stock price forecast?
MELANY does not publish price targets or forecasts for MCO. Predicting a future price is exactly the kind of false precision the confidence framework avoids. Instead it scores today's setup, 56/100 across eight factors for Moody's Corporation, and re-scores automatically as new price, earnings, and fundamental data arrive.
Is MCO stock overvalued or undervalued?
MELANY's valuation factor currently reads 23/100 for Moody's Corporation, where a higher score means the price looks more attractive against earnings, growth, and peers. Scores in the 70s and above read as attractively priced, the mid range as roughly fair, and low scores as stretched. The factor breakdown above shows what drives MCO's read.
What price should I buy MCO at?
MELANY is not flagging a fresh entry for MCO at its current Hold rating, so there is no entry zone to publish right now. Watchlisting MCO in the free app gets you alerted the moment that changes.
What are the risks of buying MCO stock?
The top risks MELANY currently flags for Moody's Corporation: High debt-to-equity ratio 2.4x, rate-sensitive balance sheet. The rating on this page already weighs these against the bullish factors; see the risk-adjusted profile score in the breakdown above.
Is Moody's Corporation a good long-term investment?
For long-term durability the two factors that matter most are business quality, which MELANY scores 80/100 for Moody's Corporation, and earnings track record, at 81/100. The 56/100 composite blends those with six shorter-horizon factors. Durable quality at a fair price is the long-term case to test; this is research, not personalized investment advice.
Will MCO stock go up?
Nobody can promise a stock's direction, and Market Eyes Live does not predict prices. The measurable part: MELANY's price momentum factor reads 57/100 for MCO right now, and the catalyst setup factor tracks whether near-term events could move it. Both re-score automatically as the data changes.
How current is this MCO rating?
The rating on this page is a snapshot of MELANY's read as of 2026-08-21. The price shown updates live, but the score is not recomputed on this page. MELANY re-scores MCO continuously as new price, earnings, and fundamental data arrive, and that current rating is free in the app.
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