Americana Partners LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Moody’s Corporation $MCO

Posted by Brenda Bartman on May 23rd, 2026

Americana Partners LLC lifted its position in Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO – Free Report) by 22.3% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 16,443 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 2,998 shares during the quarter. Americana Partners LLC’s holdings in Moody’s were worth $8,400,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of MCO. BAM Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Moody’s in the third quarter valued at approximately $871,000. California Public Employees Retirement System raised its stake in shares of Moody’s by 3.6% during the third quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 298,104 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $142,041,000 after acquiring an additional 10,434 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Moody’s by 0.3% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 647,711 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $308,649,000 after acquiring an additional 1,942 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its stake in shares of Moody’s by 135.7% during the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 45,829 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $21,837,000 after acquiring an additional 26,388 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Katamaran Capital LLP purchased a new position in shares of Moody’s during the third quarter worth approximately $4,275,000. 92.11% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MCO has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. UBS Group cut their target price on shares of Moody’s from $515.00 to $490.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Mizuho lowered their price objective on Moody’s from $524.00 to $521.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. Barclays lowered their price objective on Moody’s from $580.00 to $550.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $531.00 price target on Moody’s in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on Moody’s from $574.00 to $540.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $544.29.

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Insider Activity at Moody’s

In other news, CEO Robert Fauber sold 1,467 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $466.39, for a total transaction of $684,194.13. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 75,189 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $35,067,397.71. This represents a 1.91% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, SVP Richard G. Steele sold 158 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $466.39, for a total value of $73,689.62. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 2,143 shares in the company, valued at $999,473.77. This trade represents a 6.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 8,680 shares of company stock worth $3,952,188 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.14% of the company’s stock.

Moody’s Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of NYSE:MCO opened at $449.30 on Friday. Moody’s Corporation has a 12-month low of $402.28 and a 12-month high of $546.88. The company has a current ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.03. The company has a market cap of $78.49 billion, a PE ratio of 32.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 1.37. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $443.54 and a 200 day moving average of $472.64.

Moody’s (NYSE:MCO – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 22nd. The business services provider reported $4.33 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.22 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $2.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.11 billion. Moody’s had a return on equity of 70.97% and a net margin of 31.69%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.83 EPS. Moody’s has set its FY 2026 guidance at 16.400-17.000 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Moody’s Corporation will post 16.69 EPS for the current year.

Moody’s Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be issued a dividend of $1.03 per share. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 15th. Moody’s’s dividend payout ratio is 29.53%.

Moody’s Profile

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Moody’s Corporation is a global provider of credit ratings, research, data and analytics that support financial decision-making and transparency in capital markets. The company traces its origins to the early 20th century when financial analyst John Moody began publishing credit information; today Moody’s is headquartered in New York and serves a broad set of market participants including investors, issuers, financial institutions, corporations, governments and regulators.

Moody’s operates primarily through two complementary businesses.