Moody's Corporation (MCO)

Moody's Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 15 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Moody's stock have an average target of 501.53, with a low estimate of 410 and a high estimate of 570. The average target predicts an increase of 1.70% from the current stock price of 493.13.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$410	$501.53	$510	$570
Change	-16.86%	+1.70%	+3.42%	+15.59%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Moody's stock from 16 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25
Strong Buy	1	1	1	2	2	2
Buy	7	8	8	8	8	8
Hold	5	5	5	5	5	5
Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	14	15	15	16	16	16

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jeffrey Silber BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Hold Maintains $468 → $481	Hold	Maintains	$468 → $481	-2.46%	Jan 21, 2025
Owen Lau Oppenheimer	Oppenheimer	Buy Maintains $543 → $545	Buy	Maintains	$543 → $545	+10.52%	Jan 3, 2025
Peter Christiansen Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Initiates $565	Strong Buy	Initiates	$565	+14.57%	Dec 20, 2024
Toni Kaplan Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $462 → $481	Hold	Maintains	$462 → $481	-2.46%	Dec 12, 2024
Shlomo Rosenbaum Stifel	Stifel	Hold Maintains $454 → $459	Hold	Maintains	$454 → $459	-6.92%	Oct 23, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

7.13B

Increased by 20.49%

from 5.92B

Revenue Next Year

7.59B

Increased by 6.41%

from 7.13B

EPS This Year

12.47

Increased by 42.79%

from 8.73

EPS Next Year

13.61

Increased by 9.17%

from 12.47

Fiscal Year	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	4.83B	5.37B	6.22B	5.47B	5.92B	7.13B	7.59B	8.25B
Revenue Growth	8.69%	11.22%	15.77%	-12.06%	8.19%	20.49%	6.41%	8.75%
EPS	7.42	9.39	11.78	7.44	8.73	12.47	13.61	15.43
EPS Growth	10.09%	26.55%	25.45%	-36.84%	17.34%	42.79%	9.17%	13.36%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	39.56	36.24	31.97
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	25	25	22

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	7.6B	8.2B	8.9B
Avg	7.1B	7.6B	8.2B
Low	6.7B	7.0B	7.5B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	29.0%	14.7%	17.0%
Avg	20.5%	6.4%	8.8%
Low	13.5%	-1.5%	-1.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	13.47	15.28	17.47
Avg	12.47	13.61	15.43
Low	11.78	11.84	13.48

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	54.3%	22.6%	28.4%
Avg	42.8%	9.2%	13.4%
Low	34.9%	-5.0%	-1.0%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.