Moody's Corporation (MCO)

Moody's Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 16 analysts that cover Moody's stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $560.81, which forecasts a 6.86% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $507 and the highest is $660.

Price Target: $560.81 (+6.86%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$507	$560.81	$560	$660
Change	-3.40%	+6.86%	+6.70%	+25.76%

Analyst Ratings

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

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26
Strong Buy	1	1	3	3	4	4
Buy	7	7	7	7	7	8
Hold	6	5	6	6	6	5
Sell	1	1	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	15	14	16	16	17	17

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jason Haas Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $620 → $660	Buy	Maintains	$620 → $660	+25.76%	Jan 14, 2026
Toni Kaplan Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $520 → $526	Hold	Maintains	$520 → $526	+0.22%	Jan 13, 2026
Kazuya Nishimura Daiwa Capital	Daiwa Capital	Hold → Buy Upgrades $500 → $590	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$500 → $590	+12.42%	Jan 13, 2026
David Motemeden Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Buy Maintains $540 → $620	Buy	Maintains	$540 → $620	+18.14%	Jan 8, 2026
Shlomo Rosenbaum Stifel	Stifel	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $471 → $574	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$471 → $574	+9.37%	Jan 5, 2026

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

7.77B

Increased by 9.57%

from 7.09B

Revenue Next Year

8.38B

Increased by 7.85%

from 7.77B

EPS This Year

14.85

Increased by 31.91%

from 11.26

EPS Next Year

16.53

Increased by 11.28%

from 14.85

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	5.37B	6.22B	5.47B	5.92B	7.09B	7.77B	8.38B
Revenue Growth	11.22%	15.77%	-12.06%	8.19%	19.81%	9.57%	7.85%
EPS	9.39	11.78	7.44	8.73	11.26	14.85	16.53
EPS Growth	26.55%	25.45%	-36.84%	17.34%	28.98%	31.91%	11.28%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	35.33	31.75
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	26	26

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	8.2B	8.9B
Avg	7.8B	8.4B
Low	7.5B	8.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	15.0%	14.9%
Avg	9.6%	7.9%
Low	5.2%	2.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	15.66	17.77
Avg	14.85	16.53
Low	14.27	15.35

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	39.0%	19.6%
Avg	31.9%	11.3%
Low	26.7%	3.3%

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.