Moody's Corporation (MCO)

Moody's Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 14 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Moody's stock have an average target of 461.79, with a low estimate of 390 and a high estimate of 514. The average target predicts a decrease of -3.54% from the current stock price of 478.75.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$390	$461.79	$470	$514
Change	-18.54%	-3.54%	-1.83%	+7.36%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Moody's stock from 14 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	Apr '24	May '24	Jun '24	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Buy	9	8	8	7	8	8
Hold	3	3	3	4	4	5
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13	12	12	12	13	14

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Toni Kaplan Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $420 → $451	Hold	Maintains	$420 → $451	-5.80%	Sep 5, 2024
George Tong Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Hold Maintains $460 → $514	Hold	Maintains	$460 → $514	+7.36%	Sep 3, 2024
Jason Haas Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Initiates $510	Buy	Initiates	$510	+6.53%	Aug 12, 2024
Manav Patnaik Barclays	Barclays	Buy Maintains $450 → $500	Buy	Maintains	$450 → $500	+4.44%	Jul 24, 2024
Ashish Sabadra RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $450 → $475	Buy	Maintains	$450 → $475	-0.78%	Jul 24, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

6.81B

Increased by 15.04%

from 5.92B

Revenue Next Year

7.36B

Increased by 8.07%

from 6.81B

EPS This Year

11.46

Increased by 31.33%

from 8.73

EPS Next Year

13.00

Increased by 13.35%

from 11.46

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	6.81B	7.36B	7.99B
Revenue Growth	8.69%	11.22%	15.77%	-12.06%	8.19%	15.04%	8.07%	8.58%
EPS	7.42	9.39	11.78	7.44	8.73	11.46	13.00	14.74
EPS Growth	10.09%	26.55%	25.45%	-36.84%	17.34%	31.33%	13.35%	13.42%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	41.76	36.84	32.48
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	24	24	16

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	7.2B	8.0B	8.7B
Avg	6.8B	7.4B	8.0B
Low	6.5B	6.9B	7.4B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	22.3%	17.3%	17.8%
Avg	15.0%	8.1%	8.6%
Low	10.6%	1.1%	0.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	12.39	14.60	17.02
Avg	11.46	13.00	14.74
Low	10.98	11.66	13.03

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	41.9%	27.3%	31.0%
Avg	31.3%	13.3%	13.4%
Low	25.7%	1.7%	0.3%

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.