Moodys Stock Forward View

MCO Stock  USD 515.45  1.17  0.23%   
Moodys Stock outlook is based on your current time horizon. Although Moodys' naive historical forecasting may sometimes provide an important future outlook for the firm, we recommend always cross-verifying it against solid analysis of Moodys' systematic risk associated with finding meaningful patterns of Moodys fundamentals over time.
As of today, The RSI of Moodys' share price is at 52. This indicates that the stock is in nutural position, most likellhy at or near its resistance level. The main idea of RSI analysis is to track how fast people are buying or selling Moodys, making its price go up or down.

Momentum 52

 Impartial

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Moodys' future price could yield a significant profit. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Moodys, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Moodys' stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.229
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
3.0703
EPS Estimate Current Year
14.7338
EPS Estimate Next Year
16.4965
Wall Street Target Price
575.5263
Using Moodys hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Moodys from the perspective of Moodys response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Moodys using Moodys' stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Moodys using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Moodys' stock price.

Moodys Short Interest

An investor who is long Moodys may also wish to track short interest. As short interest increases, investors should be becoming more worried about Moodys and may potentially protect profits, hedge Moodys with its derivative instruments, or be ready for some potential downside.
200 Day MA
491.2943
Short Percent
0.0165
Short Ratio
3.41
Shares Short Prior Month
2.3 M
50 Day MA
505.0584

Moodys Relative Strength Index

The Naive Prediction forecasted value of Moodys on the next trading day is expected to be 505.09 with a mean absolute deviation of 5.16 and the sum of the absolute errors of 320.10.

Moodys Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Moodys' public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Moodys. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Moodys can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Moodys. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of Moodys' market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Moodys.

Moodys Implied Volatility

    
  0.27  
Moodys' implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Moodys stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Moodys' implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Moodys stock will not fluctuate a lot when Moodys' options are near their expiration.
The Naive Prediction forecasted value of Moodys on the next trading day is expected to be 505.09 with a mean absolute deviation of 5.16 and the sum of the absolute errors of 320.10.

Moodys after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 515.45  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Moodys to cross-verify your projections.
To learn how to invest in Moodys Stock, please use our How to Invest in Moodys guide.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Moodys contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Moodys will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0169% per day over the life of the 2026-04-17 option contract. With Moodys trading at USD 515.45, that is roughly USD 0.087 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Moodys' daily price movement you should consider acquiring Moodys options at the current volatility level of 0.27%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.

Open Interest Against 2026-04-17 Moodys Option Contracts

Although open interest is a measure utilized in the options markets, it could be used to forecast Moodys' spot prices because the number of available contracts in the market changes daily, and new contracts can be created or liquidated at will. Since open interest in Moodys' options reflects these daily shifts, investors could use the patterns of these changes to develop long and short-term trading strategies for Moodys stock based on available contracts left at the end of a trading day.
Please note that to derive more accurate forecasting about market movement from the current Moodys' open interest, investors have to compare it to Moodys' spot prices. As Ford's stock price increases, high open interest indicates that money is entering the market, and the market is strongly bullish. Conversely, if the price of Moodys is decreasing and there is high open interest, that is a sign that the bearish trend will continue, and investors may react by taking short positions in Moodys. So, decreasing or low open interest during a bull market indicates that investors are becoming uncertain of the depth of the bullish trend, and a reversal in sentiment will likely follow.

Moodys Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Moodys price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Moodys using various technical indicators. When you analyze Moodys charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

Moodys Cash Forecast

Forecasting financial indicators like cash flow involves analysts applying various statistical methods, techniques, and algorithms. These tools reveal hidden trends within the Moodys' financial statements to estimate their effects on upcoming price movements.
 
Cash  
First Reported
1998-06-30
Previous Quarter
2.2 B
Current Value
2.2 B
Quarterly Volatility
856.9 M
 
Dot-com Bubble
 
Housing Crash
 
Credit Downgrade
 
Yuan Drop
 
Covid
 
Interest Hikes
A naive forecasting model for Moodys is a special case of the moving average forecasting where the number of periods used for smoothing is one. Therefore, the forecast of Moodys value for a given trading day is simply the observed value for the previous period. Due to the simplistic nature of the naive forecasting model, it can only be used to forecast up to one period.

Moodys Naive Prediction Price Forecast For the 31st of January

Given 90 days horizon, the Naive Prediction forecasted value of Moodys on the next trading day is expected to be 505.09 with a mean absolute deviation of 5.16, mean absolute percentage error of 42.10, and the sum of the absolute errors of 320.10.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Moodys Stock prices using its time series forecasting, we generally do not recommend using it to place bets in the real market. The most commonly used models for forecasting predictions are the autoregressive models, which specify that Moodys' next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Moodys Stock Forecast Pattern

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Moodys Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Moodys' Stock value on the next trading day, we examine the predictive performance of the model to find good statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios. Moodys' downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 503.80 and 506.38, respectively. We have considered Moodys' daily market price to evaluate the above model's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that traditional linear or nonlinear forecasting models outperform artificial intelligence and frequency domain models to provide accurate forecasts consistently.
Market Value
515.45
503.80
Downside
505.09
Expected Value
506.38
Upside

Model Predictive Factors

The below table displays some essential indicators generated by the model showing the Naive Prediction forecasting method's relative quality and the estimations of the prediction error of Moodys stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Moodys stock, the representation will rarely be exact; so some information will be lost using the model to explain the process. AIC estimates the relative amount of information lost by a given model: the less information a model loses, the higher its quality.
AICAkaike Information Criteria123.6885
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors None
MADMean absolute deviation5.1628
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0103
SAESum of the absolute errors320.0953
This model is not at all useful as a medium-long range forecasting tool of Moodys. This model is simplistic and is included partly for completeness and partly because of its simplicity. It is unlikely that you'll want to use this model directly to predict Moodys. Instead, consider using either the moving average model or the more general weighted moving average model with a higher (i.e., greater than 1) number of periods, and possibly a different set of weights.

Predictive Modules for Moodys

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Moodys. Regardless of method or technology, however, to accurately forecast the stock market is more a matter of luck rather than a particular technique. Nevertheless, trying to predict the stock market accurately is still an essential part of the overall investment decision process. Using different forecasting techniques and comparing the results might improve your chances of accuracy even though unexpected events may often change the market sentiment and impact your forecasting results.
Sophisticated investors, who have witnessed many market ups and downs, anticipate that the market will even out over time. This tendency of Moodys' price to converge to an average value over time is called mean reversion. However, historically, high market prices usually discourage investors that believe in mean reversion to invest, while low prices are viewed as an opportunity to buy.
Hype
Prediction
LowEstimatedHigh
514.16515.45516.74
Details
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
463.91530.33531.62
Details
Bollinger
Band Projection (param)
LowMiddleHigh
505.21524.72544.23
Details
25 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
523.73575.53638.83
Details

Moodys After-Hype Price Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of Moodys at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in Moodys or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of Moodys, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

Moodys Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Moodys' stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Moodys' historical news coverage. Moodys' after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 514.16 and 516.74, respectively. We have considered Moodys' daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
515.45
514.16
Downside
515.45
After-hype Price
516.74
Upside
Moodys is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Moodys is based on 3 months time horizon.

Moodys Stock Price Outlook Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Moodys is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Moodys backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with Moodys, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.11 
1.29
  0.08 
 0.00  
18 Events / Month
6 Events / Month
In about 18 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
515.45
515.45
0.00 
167.53  
Notes

Moodys Hype Timeline

On the 30th of January Moodys is traded for 515.45. The entity has historical hype elasticity of 0.08, and average elasticity to hype of competition of 0.0. Moodys is forecasted not to react to the next headline, with the price staying at about the same level, and average media hype impact volatility is about 167.53%. The immediate return on the next news is forecasted to be very small, whereas the daily expected return is now at 0.11%. %. The volatility of related hype on Moodys is about 6789.47%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 515.45. About 14.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by corporate insiders. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.98. Moodys recorded earning per share (EPS) of 12.42. The entity last dividend was issued on the 21st of November 2025. The firm had 2:1 split on the 19th of May 2005. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next forecasted press release will be in about 18 days.
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Moodys to cross-verify your projections.
To learn how to invest in Moodys Stock, please use our How to Invest in Moodys guide.

Moodys Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Moodys' direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Moodys' future price movements. Getting to know how Moodys' peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how Moodys may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
Hype
Elasticity
News
Density
Semi
Deviation
Information
Ratio
Potential
Upside
Value
At Risk
Maximum
Drawdown
ICEIntercontinental Exchange 0.58 14 per month 1.18  0.08  2.00 (1.61) 5.98 
COINCoinbase Global(1.54)24 per month 0.00 (0.25) 4.72 (6.99) 14.26 
CMECME Group(1.09)8 per month 1.21  0.05  1.99 (2.07) 5.09 
BAMBrookfield Asset Management(1.24)12 per month 0.00 (0.09) 2.15 (3.66) 6.75 
MMCMMC Old(1.54)28 per month 0.80 (0.01) 2.13 (1.58) 4.25 
MFGMizuho Financial Group 2.61 6 per month 1.13  0.26  2.99 (2.03) 7.66 
BMOBank of Montreal 1.35 10 per month 0.92  0.12  1.86 (1.68) 4.05 
BNSBank of Nova(0.46)8 per month 0.71  0.22  1.65 (1.29) 6.23 
NUNu Holdings(1.09)17 per month 1.65  0.11  3.85 (2.70) 9.72 
MSCIMSCI Inc 2.61 22 per month 1.14  0  1.77 (1.48) 5.23 

Other Forecasting Options for Moodys

For every potential investor in Moodys, whether a beginner or expert, Moodys' price movement is the inherent factor that sparks whether it is viable to invest in it or hold it better. Moodys Stock price charts are filled with many 'noises.' These noises can hugely alter the decision one can make regarding investing in Moodys. Basic forecasting techniques help filter out the noise by identifying Moodys' price trends.

Moodys Related Equities

One of the popular trading techniques among algorithmic traders is to use market-neutral strategies where every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if one position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Below are some of the equities that can be combined with Moodys stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Moodys could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Moodys by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
 Risk & Return  Correlation

Moodys Market Strength Events

Market strength indicators help investors to evaluate how Moodys stock reacts to ongoing and evolving market conditions. The investors can use it to make informed decisions about market timing, and determine when trading Moodys shares will generate the highest return on investment. By undertsting and applying Moodys stock market strength indicators, traders can identify Moodys entry and exit signals to maximize returns.

Moodys Risk Indicators

The analysis of Moodys' basic risk indicators is one of the essential steps in accurately forecasting its future price. The process involves identifying the amount of risk involved in Moodys' investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting moodys stock prices, we also provide a set of basic risk indicators that can assist in the individual investment decision or help in hedging the risk of your existing portfolios.
Please note, the risk measures we provide can be used independently or collectively to perform a risk assessment. When comparing two potential investments, we recommend comparing similar equities with homogenous growth potential and valuation from related markets to determine which investment holds the most risk.

Story Coverage note for Moodys

The number of cover stories for Moodys depends on current market conditions and Moodys' risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that Moodys is classified under. However, while its typical story may have numerous social followers, the rapid visibility can also attract short-sellers, who usually are skeptical about Moodys' long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.

Moodys Short Properties

Moodys' future price predictability will typically decrease when Moodys' long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Moodys often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Moodys' investors but also on the ongoing dynamics between investors with different trading styles. Because the market risk indicators may have small false signals, it is better to identify suitable times to hedge a portfolio using different long/short signals. Moodys' indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding182.7 M
Cash And Short Term InvestmentsB
When determining whether Moodys offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Moodys' financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of Moodys Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Moodys Stock:
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Moodys to cross-verify your projections.
To learn how to invest in Moodys Stock, please use our How to Invest in Moodys guide.
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Will Financial Exchanges & Data sector continue expanding? Could Moodys diversify its offerings? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Moodys. Expected growth trajectory for Moodys significantly influences the price investors are willing to assign. Accurate valuation requires analyzing both current fundamentals and future growth trajectories. Every Moodys data point contributes insight, yet successful analysis hinges on identifying the most consequential variables.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.229
Dividend Share
3.67
Earnings Share
12.42
Revenue Per Share
41.724
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.107
Understanding Moodys requires distinguishing between market price and book value, where the latter reflects Moodys's accounting equity. The concept of intrinsic value—what Moodys' is actually worth based on fundamentals—guides informed investors toward better entry and exit points. Seasoned market participants apply comprehensive analytical frameworks to derive fundamental worth and identify mispriced opportunities. Market sentiment, economic cycles, and investor behavior can push Moodys' price substantially above or below its fundamental value.
Understanding that Moodys' value differs from its trading price is crucial, as each reflects different aspects of the company. Evaluating whether Moodys represents a sound investment requires analyzing earnings trends, revenue growth, technical signals, industry dynamics, and expert forecasts. In contrast, Moodys' trading price reflects the actual exchange value where willing buyers and sellers reach mutual agreement.