Moody's Corporation (MCO) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup · Temp Headwind edge
Financial Services · Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Sell if holding. Momentum 3.9/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $447.85 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5; Thin upside margin: 7.7%.
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Sell if holding. Momentum 3.9/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $447.85 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5; Thin upside margin: 7.7%. Chart setup: RSI 49 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.4/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 38d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
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updated 2026-06-14Recent Developments — Moody's Corporation
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- NEWS Moody's Corp. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day - MarketWatch — MarketWatch positive
- NEWS Moody's (MCO) reports next week: Wall Street expects earnings growth - MSN — MSN neutral
- NEWS Analysts’ Top Financial Picks: Moody’s (MCO), Goldman Sachs Group (GS) - The Globe and Mail — The Globe and Mail positive
- NEWS Moody's (MCO) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS Seeking clues to Moody's (MCO) Q1 earnings? A peek into Wall Street projections for key metrics - MSN — MSN positive
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Sell if holding. Momentum 3.9/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $447.85 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5; Thin upside margin: 7.7%. Chart setup: RSI 49 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $426.03. Score 5.4/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $482.40 (+7.7% upside). Prior stop was $426.03. Stop-loss: $426.03.
Thin upside margin: 7.7%; Leverage penalty (D/E 2.4): -1.5; Negative momentum.
Moody's Corporation trades at a P/E of 32.2 (forward 24.1). TrendMatrix value score: 4.2/10. Verdict: Sell.
30 analysts cover MCO with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $536.
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