Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Moody’s Corp shares valued at $1,083,951 were purchased by Tulenko Stephen T on Jul 30 ’25. At $511.06 per share, Tulenko Stephen T acquired 2,121 shares.
Also, West Michael L sold 3,704 shares, netting a total of over 1,893,319 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $511.10 each, the insider now holds 8,209 shares.
Before that, Steele Richard G had sold 1,457 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $741,360, the SVP – General Counsel traded Moody’s Corp shares for $508.83 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,457 shares, worth approximately $0.71 million.
Analysts at Mizuho started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid March. As of December 20, 2024, Citigroup has initiated its “Buy” rating for MCO. Earlier on October 02, 2024, Evercore ISI initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Outperform” for MCO stock.
Analyzing MCO Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Moody’s Corp [NYSE: MCO] rose 0.42% to $512.62. The stock’s lowest price that day was $510.405, but it reached a high of $519.75 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.93%. Over the course of the year, Moody’s Corp shares have jumped approximately 14.23%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Moody’s Corp (MCO)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 62.19 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Moody’s Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Moody’s Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.62 million shares to 2.01 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 2.63 million shares. A decline of -30.81% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.14 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.14.
Which companies own the most shares of Moody’s Corp (MCO)?
In terms of Moody’s Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 488 in the next 12 months, down nearly -4.41% from the previous closing price of $510.5. Analysts anticipate Moody’s Corp stock to reach 520 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 456. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Moody’s Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
