Analyst Consensus ?
ConsensusBuy32 ratings
Bullish1856.3%
Neutral1340.6%
Bearish13.1%
FN2 Earnings Intelligence
Moody's Corporation analyst ratings
Moody's Corporation (MCO) analyst consensus, price targets, and firm-level rating history from FN2 Research.
Analyst 52W Price Targets
$457.88Current
$321Low
$499.43Average
$620High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 8, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 23, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 20, 2026 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 10, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Jul 7, 2026 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Daiwa Capital | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Jan 13, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Market Perform | Underperform | Upgrade | Oct 17, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 24, 2025 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 16, 2024 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Apr 26, 2023 |
| Argus Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Nov 2, 2022 |
| Atlantic Equities | Neutral | Overweight | Downgrade | Jun 8, 2022 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Feb 13, 2020 |
| Cantor Fitzgerald | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 13, 2020 |
| PiperJaffray | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Apr 5, 2019 |
| Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Apr 5, 2019 |
| Nomura | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 9, 2018 |
| Argus | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 5, 2018 |
| FBR Capital | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Feb 8, 2016 |
| Janney Capital | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Mar 28, 2014 |
| Benchmark | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 28, 2013 |
| Lazard | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Sep 25, 2013 |
| William Blair | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Sep 9, 2013 |
| BTIG Research | Sell | Sell | Maintain | Jul 11, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $457.88. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Toni Kaplan | $470 | $452.32 | +2.6% | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Sean Kennedy | $530 | $488.89 | +15.8% | Jul 27, 2026 |
| UBS | Alex Kramm | $505 | $473.95 | +10.3% | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $572 | $477.81 | +24.9% | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $597 | $489.79 | +30.4% | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $512 | $489.79 | +11.8% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $575 | $487.02 | +25.6% | Jul 10, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $496 | $502.26 | +8.3% | Jul 7, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $515 | $498.78 | +12.5% | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Redburn Partners | Charles Bendit | $500 | $456.22 | +9.2% | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $521 | $460.74 | +13.8% | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Scott Wurtzel | $535 | $451.74 | +16.8% | Apr 23, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $489 | $454.18 | +6.8% | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $590 | $466.88 | +28.9% | Apr 23, 2026 |
| National Bank | Analyst unavailable | $565 | $466.88 | +23.4% | Apr 22, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $524 | $437.11 | +14.4% | Feb 24, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $550 | $447.82 | +20.1% | Feb 23, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $490 | $442.78 | +7.0% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | David Motemaden | $610 | $448.74 | +33.2% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $480 | $450.76 | +4.8% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $540 | $450.76 | +17.9% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $531 | $450.76 | +16.0% | Feb 18, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $532 | $452.49 | +16.2% | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Toni Kaplan | $526 | $535.12 | +14.9% | Jan 13, 2026 |
| Daiwa | Kazuya Nishimura | $590 | $535.12 | +28.9% | Jan 13, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $620 | $533.78 | +35.4% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Shlomo Rosenbaum | $574 | $498.98 | +25.4% | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $570 | $487.37 | +24.5% | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Sean Kennedy | $550 | $494.44 | +20.1% | Oct 28, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $507 | $471.75 | +10.7% | Oct 23, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $471 | $472.79 | +2.9% | Oct 23, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Jason Haas | $620 | $472.79 | +35.4% | Oct 23, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $521 | $478.51 | +13.8% | Oct 16, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Sean Kennedy | $539 | $478.51 | +17.7% | Oct 16, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $520 | $490.09 | +13.6% | Oct 9, 2025 |
| Seaport Global | Analyst unavailable | $528 | $476.48 | +15.3% | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Deutsche Bank | Faiza Alwy | $528 | $476.48 | +15.3% | Oct 1, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $456 | $430.77 | -0.4% | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $520 | $402.43 | +13.6% | Apr 4, 2025 |
| Oppenheimer | Owen Lau | $545 | $476.27 | +19.0% | Jan 3, 2025 |
| Oppenheimer | Owen Lau | $543 | $467.73 | +18.6% | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | Jeffrey Meuler | $512 | $467.73 | +11.8% | Oct 23, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $464 | $479.44 | +1.3% | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Owen Lau | $536 | $470.19 | +17.1% | Oct 3, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | David Motemeden | $521 | $471.4 | +13.8% | Oct 1, 2024 |
| UBS | Alex Kramm | $470 | $451.89 | +2.6% | Jul 24, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | Jeffrey Meuler | $490 | $451.89 | +7.0% | Jul 24, 2024 |
| UBS | Alex Kramm | $455 | $435.58 | -0.6% | Jul 9, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Owen Lau | $454 | $420.93 | -0.8% | Jul 1, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Ashish Sabadra | $450 | $412.02 | -1.7% | May 16, 2024 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Shlomo Rosenbaum | $374 | $387.7 | -18.3% | May 7, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Owen Lau | $424 | $393.89 | -7.4% | Apr 2, 2024 |
| Barclays | Manav Patnaik | $450 | $393.89 | -1.7% | Apr 2, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | George Tong | $412 | $393.03 | -10.0% | Apr 1, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Owen Lau | $362 | $341.49 | -20.9% | Jul 7, 2023 |
| Oppenheimer | Analyst unavailable | $342 | $319.98 | -25.3% | Feb 1, 2023 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $300 | $322.75 | -34.5% | Feb 1, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $293 | $284.96 | -36.0% | Jan 4, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $294 | $293.16 | -35.8% | Dec 6, 2022 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $275 | $306.08 | -39.9% | Dec 2, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $295 | $297.54 | -35.6% | Nov 23, 2022 |
| Oppenheimer | Analyst unavailable | $310 | $294.36 | -32.3% | Nov 23, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $271 | $289.37 | -40.8% | Nov 17, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $281 | $250.3 | -38.6% | Oct 3, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $263 | $245 | -42.6% | Oct 3, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $288 | $251.4 | -37.1% | Sep 27, 2022 |
| Oppenheimer | Analyst unavailable | $348 | $313.94 | -24.0% | Aug 19, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $352 | $324.6 | -23.1% | Aug 15, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $283 | $286.17 | -38.2% | Jul 27, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $321 | $286.57 | -29.9% | Jul 27, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $327 | $280.95 | -28.6% | Jul 12, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $298 | $282.99 | -34.9% | Jul 7, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $329 | $284.53 | -28.1% | Jun 7, 2022 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $288 | $285.28 | -37.1% | Jun 6, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $324 | $289.49 | -29.2% | Jun 2, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $309 | $281.11 | -32.5% | Jun 2, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $305 | $282.38 | -33.4% | Jun 2, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $372 | $304.6 | -18.8% | May 3, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $318 | $302.09 | -30.5% | May 3, 2022 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $350 | $301.13 | -23.6% | May 3, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $350 | $303.06 | -23.6% | May 3, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $344 | $301.13 | -24.9% | May 3, 2022 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $364 | $301.13 | -20.5% | May 3, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Toni Kaplan | $318 | $309.42 | -30.5% | May 3, 2022 |
| Robert W. Baird | Jeffrey Meuler | $342 | $301.13 | -25.3% | May 2, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $375 | $322.42 | -18.1% | Apr 23, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Faiza Alwy | $408 | $340.33 | -10.9% | Apr 3, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $365 | $304.47 | -20.3% | Mar 12, 2022 |
| Robert W. Baird | Jeffrey Meuler | $363 | $314 | -20.7% | Mar 10, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Ashish Sabadra | $403 | $314 | -12.0% | Mar 10, 2022 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Shlomo Rosenbaum | $385 | $325.84 | -15.9% | Mar 4, 2022 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $402 | $323.58 | -12.2% | Feb 21, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | George Tong | $396 | $376.52 | -13.5% | Jul 28, 2021 |
| Argus Research | John Eade | $375 | $326.25 | -18.1% | May 5, 2021 |
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