MCO Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Morningstar has a net margin of 32.48% compared to Moodys's net margin of 13.49%. Moodys's return on equity of 54.49% beat Morningstar's return on equity of 25.24%.

Moodys has a consensus price target of $501.35, signalling upside risk potential of 4.6%. On the other hand Morningstar has an analysts' consensus of $338.33 which suggests that it could grow by 9.7%. Given that Morningstar has higher upside potential than Moodys, analysts believe Morningstar is more attractive than Moodys.

Moodys has a beta of 1.404, which suggesting that the stock is 40.353% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Morningstar has a beta of 0.994, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 0.607%.

Moodys has a quarterly dividend of $0.94 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.75%. Morningstar offers a yield of 0.56% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.46 per share. Moodys pays 30.13% of its earnings as a dividend. Morningstar pays out 18.74% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Moodys quarterly revenues are $1.9B, which are larger than Morningstar quarterly revenues of $581.9M. Moodys's net income of $625M is higher than Morningstar's net income of $78.5M. Notably, Moodys's price-to-earnings ratio is 41.39x while Morningstar's PE ratio is 34.65x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Moodys is 12.07x versus 5.75x for Morningstar. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Morgan Stanley has a net margin of 32.48% compared to Moodys's net margin of 26.13%. Moodys's return on equity of 54.49% beat Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 13.75%.

Moodys has a consensus price target of $501.35, signalling upside risk potential of 4.6%. On the other hand Morgan Stanley has an analysts' consensus of $124.13 which suggests that it could fall by -3.05%. Given that Moodys has higher upside potential than Morgan Stanley, analysts believe Moodys is more attractive than Morgan Stanley.

Moodys has a beta of 1.404, which suggesting that the stock is 40.353% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.300, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 30.001%.

Moodys has a quarterly dividend of $0.94 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.75%. Morgan Stanley offers a yield of 2.89% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.93 per share. Moodys pays 30.13% of its earnings as a dividend. Morgan Stanley pays out 45.84% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Moodys quarterly revenues are $1.9B, which are smaller than Morgan Stanley quarterly revenues of $16.5B. Moodys's net income of $625M is lower than Morgan Stanley's net income of $4.3B. Notably, Moodys's price-to-earnings ratio is 41.39x while Morgan Stanley's PE ratio is 15.03x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Moodys is 12.07x versus 3.43x for Morgan Stanley. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

MSCI has a net margin of 32.48% compared to Moodys's net margin of 38.7%. Moodys's return on equity of 54.49% beat MSCI's return on equity of --.

Moodys has a consensus price target of $501.35, signalling upside risk potential of 4.6%. On the other hand MSCI has an analysts' consensus of $614.53 which suggests that it could grow by 8.96%. Given that MSCI has higher upside potential than Moodys, analysts believe MSCI is more attractive than Moodys.

Moodys has a beta of 1.404, which suggesting that the stock is 40.353% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison MSCI has a beta of 1.330, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 33.042%.

Moodys has a quarterly dividend of $0.94 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.75%. MSCI offers a yield of 1.21% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.80 per share. Moodys pays 30.13% of its earnings as a dividend. MSCI pays out 45.9% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Moodys quarterly revenues are $1.9B, which are larger than MSCI quarterly revenues of $745.8M. Moodys's net income of $625M is higher than MSCI's net income of $288.6M. Notably, Moodys's price-to-earnings ratio is 41.39x while MSCI's PE ratio is 38.76x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Moodys is 12.07x versus 15.16x for MSCI. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

S&P Global has a net margin of 32.48% compared to Moodys's net margin of 28.86%. Moodys's return on equity of 54.49% beat S&P Global's return on equity of 10.35%.

Moodys has a consensus price target of $501.35, signalling upside risk potential of 4.6%. On the other hand S&P Global has an analysts' consensus of $585.97 which suggests that it could grow by 14.26%. Given that S&P Global has higher upside potential than Moodys, analysts believe S&P Global is more attractive than Moodys.

Moodys has a beta of 1.404, which suggesting that the stock is 40.353% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison S&P Global has a beta of 1.229, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 22.865%.

Moodys has a quarterly dividend of $0.94 per share corresponding to a yield of 0.75%. S&P Global offers a yield of 0.73% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.96 per share. Moodys pays 30.13% of its earnings as a dividend. S&P Global pays out 29.44% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Moodys quarterly revenues are $1.9B, which are smaller than S&P Global quarterly revenues of $3.8B. Moodys's net income of $625M is lower than S&P Global's net income of $1.1B. Notably, Moodys's price-to-earnings ratio is 41.39x while S&P Global's PE ratio is 40.29x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Moodys is 12.07x versus 10.98x for S&P Global. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.