Comments
Loading...

Moodys Analyst Ratings

MCONYSE
Logo brought to you by Benzinga Data
$438.62
-0.96-0.22%
At close: -
$438.62
0.000.00%
After Hours: Apr 25, 4:00 PM EDT
Q1 2025 Earnings were released on Tue Apr 22nd, before the market open
The most recent conference call was at 9:00 AM, 5 days ago Click to view past webcast
Consensus Rating1
Outperform
Highest Price Target1
$572.00
Lowest Price Target1
$260.00
Consensus Price Target1
$471.90

Moodys Analyst Ratings and Price Targets | NYSE:MCO | Benzinga

Moodys Corp has a consensus price target of $471.9 based on the ratings of 21 analysts. The high is $572 issued by Wells Fargo on April 17, 2025. The low is $260 issued by Deutsche Bank on October 21, 2022. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Stifel, BMO Capital, and Baird on April 23, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $483 between Stifel, BMO Capital, and Baird, there's an implied 10.12% upside for Moodys Corp from these most-recent analyst ratings.

Analyst Trends and Forecast
1
1
Dec 24
1
1
Jan
3
Feb
1
Mar
4
1
Apr
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell
Analyst Rating and Forecast
12345
3.7
Buy
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Analyst Firms Making Recommendations1

Stifel
BMO Capital
Baird
Wells Fargo
JP Morgan

1calculated from analyst ratings

Analyst Ratings for Moodys

Buy NowGet Alert
04/23/2025Buy Now6.7%Stifel
Shlomo Rosenbaum68%
$533 → $468MaintainsHoldGet Alert
04/23/2025Buy Now3.96%BMO Capital
Jeffrey Silber75%
$475 → $456MaintainsMarket PerformGet Alert
04/23/2025Buy Now19.69%Baird
Jeffrey Meuler72%
$575 → $525MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
04/17/2025Buy Now30.41%Wells Fargo
Jason Haas58%
$610 → $572MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
04/16/2025Buy Now12.85%JP Morgan
Andrew Steinerman77%
$585 → $495MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
04/04/2025Buy Now18.55%Barclays
Manav Patnaik78%
$570 → $520MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
03/12/2025Buy Now14.91%Mizuho
Sean Kennedy14%
→ $504Initiates → NeutralGet Alert
02/18/2025Buy Now21.06%BMO Capital
Jeffrey Silber75%
$481 → $531MaintainsMarket PerformGet Alert
02/18/2025Buy Now23.11%UBS
Alex Kramm73%
$510 → $540MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
02/14/2025Buy Now21.52%Stifel
Shlomo Rosenbaum68%
$459 → $533MaintainsHoldGet Alert
02/14/2025Buy Now15.82%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$481 → $508MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
01/21/2025Buy Now9.66%BMO Capital
Jeffrey Silber75%
$468 → $481MaintainsMarket PerformGet Alert
01/03/2025Buy Now24.25%Oppenheimer
Owen Lau66%
$543 → $545MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
12/20/2024Buy Now28.81%Citigroup
Peter Christiansen64%
→ $565Initiates → BuyGet Alert
12/12/2024Buy Now9.66%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$462 → $481MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/23/2024Buy Now4.65%Stifel
Shlomo Rosenbaum68%
$454 → $459MaintainsHoldGet Alert
10/23/2024Buy Now16.27%UBS
Alex Kramm73%
$495 → $510MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
10/23/2024Buy Now23.8%Oppenheimer
Owen Lau66%
$536 → $543MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
10/23/2024Buy Now16.73%Baird
Jeffrey Meuler72%
$490 → $512MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
10/15/2024Buy Now5.79%BMO Capital
Jeffrey Silber75%
$455 → $464MaintainsMarket PerformGet Alert
10/09/2024Buy Now25.39%Wells Fargo
Jason Haas58%
$510 → $550MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
10/09/2024Buy Now5.33%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$451 → $462MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/03/2024Buy Now22.2%Oppenheimer
Owen Lau66%
$492 → $536MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
10/02/2024Buy Now18.78%Evercore ISI Group
David Motemeden27%
→ $521Initiates → OutperformGet Alert
09/23/2024Buy Now—Raymond James
Patrick O'Shaughnessy74%
—DowngradeMarket Perform → UnderperformGet Alert
09/13/2024Buy Now29.95%Barclays
Manav Patnaik78%
$500 → $570MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
09/05/2024Buy Now2.82%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$420 → $451MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
09/03/2024Buy Now17.19%Goldman Sachs
George Tong59%
$460 → $514MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
08/12/2024Buy Now16.27%Wells Fargo
Jason Haas58%
→ $510Initiates → OverweightGet Alert
07/24/2024Buy Now13.99%Barclays
Manav Patnaik78%
$450 → $500MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
07/24/2024Buy Now8.29%RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra69%
$450 → $475MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
07/24/2024Buy Now3.73%BMO Capital
Jeffrey Silber75%
$482 → $455DowngradeOutperform → Market PerformGet Alert
07/24/2024Buy Now7.15%UBS
Alex Kramm73%
$455 → $470MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
07/24/2024Buy Now12.17%Oppenheimer
Owen Lau66%
$454 → $492MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
07/24/2024Buy Now3.51%Stifel
Shlomo Rosenbaum68%
$443 → $454MaintainsHoldGet Alert
07/16/2024Buy Now16.27%B of A Securities
Heather Balsky52%
$430 → $510MaintainsBuyGet Alert
07/09/2024Buy Now3.73%UBS
Alex Kramm73%
$395 → $455MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
07/05/2024Buy Now-10.63%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$374 → $392MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
07/01/2024Buy Now3.51%Oppenheimer
Owen Lau66%
$424 → $454MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
05/07/2024Buy Now-14.73%Stifel
Shlomo Rosenbaum68%
$350 → $374MaintainsHoldGet Alert
05/03/2024Buy Now-5.61%Baird
Jeffrey Meuler72%
$405 → $414MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
04/02/2024Buy Now2.59%Barclays
Manav Patnaik78%
$375 → $450UpgradeEqual-Weight → OverweightGet Alert
04/02/2024Buy Now-3.33%Oppenheimer
Owen Lau66%
$411 → $424MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
02/14/2024Buy Now2.59%RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra69%
$450 → $450ReiteratesOutperform → OutperformGet Alert
02/14/2024Buy Now-13.36%UBS
Alex Kramm73%
$355 → $380MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
02/14/2024Buy Now-4.25%Wells Fargo
Seth Weber71%
$455 → $420MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
02/14/2024Buy Now-7.66%Baird
Jeffrey Meuler72%
$425 → $405MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
02/14/2024Buy Now-6.53%JP Morgan
Andrew Steinerman77%
$420 → $410MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
02/14/2024Buy Now-5.61%BMO Capital
Jeffrey Silber75%
$430 → $414MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
02/14/2024Buy Now-6.3%Oppenheimer
Owen Lau66%
$427 → $411MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
02/14/2024Buy Now-14.5%Barclays
Manav Patnaik78%
$340 → $375MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
02/14/2024Buy Now-20.2%Stifel
Shlomo Rosenbaum68%
$362 → $350MaintainsHoldGet Alert
01/03/2024Buy Now-1.97%BMO Capital
Jeffrey Silber75%
$366 → $430MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
12/15/2023Buy Now3.73%Wells Fargo
Seth Weber71%
$365 → $455UpgradeEqual-Weight → OverweightGet Alert
10/26/2023Buy Now-24.08%Stifel
Shlomo Rosenbaum68%
$344 → $333MaintainsHoldGet Alert
10/26/2023Buy Now-13.14%RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra69%
→ $381ReiteratesOutperform → OutperformGet Alert
10/26/2023Buy Now-16.56%BMO Capital
Jeffrey Silber75%
$399 → $366MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
10/26/2023Buy Now-27.5%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$332 → $318MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/26/2023Buy Now-22.48%Barclays
Manav Patnaik78%
$350 → $340MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/18/2023Buy Now-13.36%JP Morgan
Andrew Steinerman77%
$390 → $380MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
10/03/2023Buy Now-24.31%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$345 → $332MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
09/18/2023Buy Now-7.89%RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra69%
→ $404ReiteratesOutperform → OutperformGet Alert
09/14/2023Buy Now-11.08%Wolfe Research
Scott Wurtzel59%
→ $390Initiates → OutperformGet Alert
07/27/2023Buy Now-9.03%BMO Capital
Jeffrey Silber75%
$390 → $399MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
07/26/2023Buy Now-21.34%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$323 → $345MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
07/26/2023Buy Now-7.89%RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra69%
$350 → $404MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
07/26/2023Buy Now-16.78%Wells Fargo
Seth Weber71%
$346 → $365MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
07/13/2023Buy Now-21.12%Wells Fargo
Seth Weber71%
$312 → $346MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
07/10/2023Buy Now-26.36%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$300 → $323MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
06/15/2023Buy Now-8.8%B of A Securities
Heather Balsky52%
→ $400Initiates → BuyGet Alert
05/17/2023Buy Now-17.92%BMO Capital
Jeffrey Silber75%
$355 → $360MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
05/09/2023Buy Now-28.87%Wells Fargo
Seth Weber71%
→ $312Initiates → Equal-WeightGet Alert
04/26/2023Buy Now-20.2%RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra69%
→ $350Reiterates → OutperformGet Alert
04/26/2023Buy Now-20.2%Credit Suisse
Kevin Mcveigh56%
→ $350Reiterates → OutperformGet Alert
04/26/2023Buy Now-25.9%UBS
Alex Kramm73%
$308 → $325MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
04/06/2023Buy Now-32.52%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$293 → $296MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
04/04/2023Buy Now-20.43%Oppenheimer
Owen Lau66%
$342 → $349MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
02/01/2023Buy Now-22.03%Oppenheimer
Owen Lau66%
$309 → $342MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
02/01/2023Buy Now-20.2%Baird
Jeffrey Meuler72%
$289 → $350MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
02/01/2023Buy Now-31.6%Barclays
Manav Patnaik78%
$275 → $300MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
02/01/2023Buy Now—Raymond James
Patrick O'Shaughnessy74%
—DowngradeOutperform → Market PerformGet Alert
01/10/2023Buy Now-29.1%Raymond James
Patrick O'Shaughnessy74%
$284 → $311MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
01/04/2023Buy Now-33.2%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$294 → $293MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
12/06/2022Buy Now-32.97%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$271 → $294MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
12/02/2022Buy Now-37.3%Barclays
Manav Patnaik78%
$250 → $275MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
11/23/2022Buy Now-32.74%Goldman Sachs
George Tong59%
$261 → $295MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
11/23/2022Buy Now-29.32%Oppenheimer
Owen Lau66%
$288 → $310MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
11/17/2022Buy Now-38.22%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$255 → $271MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
11/02/2022Buy Now-31.6%Argus Research
John Eade75%
$340 → $300MaintainsBuyGet Alert
10/26/2022Buy Now-41.86%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$281 → $255MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/26/2022Buy Now-43%Barclays
Manav Patnaik78%
$285 → $250MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/26/2022Buy Now-31.6%RBC Capital
Ashish Sabadra69%
$329 → $300MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
10/26/2022Buy Now-35.25%Raymond James
Patrick O'Shaughnessy74%
$303 → $284MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
10/21/2022Buy Now-40.72%Deutsche Bank
Faiza Alwy63%
$324 → $260MaintainsHoldGet Alert
10/12/2022Buy Now-46.42%Stifel
Shlomo Rosenbaum68%
$259 → $235MaintainsHoldGet Alert
10/11/2022Buy Now-30.92%Raymond James
Patrick O'Shaughnessy74%
$321 → $303MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
10/03/2022Buy Now-35.94%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$288 → $281MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/03/2022Buy Now-40.04%Goldman Sachs
George Tong59%
$296 → $263MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
09/27/2022Buy Now-34.34%Morgan Stanley
Toni Kaplan67%
$283 → $288MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
08/19/2022Buy Now-20.66%Oppenheimer
Owen Lau66%
$313 → $348MaintainsOutperformGet Alert

FAQ

Q

What is the target price for Moodys (MCO) stock?

A

The latest price target for Moodys (NYSE:MCO) was reported by Stifel on April 23, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $468.00 expecting MCO to rise to within 12 months (a possible 6.70% upside). 41 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.

Q

What is the most recent analyst rating for Moodys (MCO)?

A

The latest analyst rating for Moodys (NYSE:MCO) was provided by Stifel, and Moodys maintained their hold rating.

Q

When was the last upgrade for Moodys (MCO)?

A

The last upgrade for Moodys Corp happened on April 2, 2024 when Barclays raised their price target to $450. Barclays previously had an equal-weight for Moodys Corp.

Q

When was the last downgrade for Moodys (MCO)?

A

The last downgrade for Moodys Corp happened on September 23, 2024 when Raymond James changed their price target from N/A to N/A for Moodys Corp.

Q

When is the next analyst rating going to be posted or updated for Moodys (MCO)?

A

Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Moodys, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Moodys was filed on April 23, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around April 23, 2026.

Q

Is the Analyst Rating Moodys (MCO) correct?

A

While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Moodys (MCO) rating was a maintained with a price target of $533.00 to $468.00. The current price Moodys (MCO) is trading at is $438.62, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.

Browse analyst ratings and price targets on all stocks.

People Also Watch