Moody's is the world's credit rating referee, grading how likely governments and companies are to pay back debt, plus selling risk software to banks.
Money comes from two streams: ratings fees for grading bonds (the bigger, lumpier earner) and subscription-based analytics software, which is recurring. Gross margin is 71.94%, net margin 34.25%.
Regulators and investors require Moody's ratings for bond issuance, and its brand is entrenched with S&P Global and Fitch. But new entrants like Kroll Bond Rating Agency and data-driven upstarts like Bloomberg are chipping at niche segments, so the moat is ero
Buy (sector percentile 70) — value D, growth B, profitability A, momentum B-, revisions B. Updated daily, sector-relative, identical for every user.
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Corporate Finance +27%, Public, Project & Infrastructure +38%, Financial Institutions +16%, Structured Finance +12%
Revenue rose 15% YoY to $2.2B, adj. EPS of $4.68 beat estimates by 31%
Multiple outlets preview July 22 report, noting 37x earnings and wide-moat status, but no actual results yet.
At least two independent sources confirm initiation with Buy and target, indicating increased attention.
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