MOODYS CORP MCO
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 615369105 · ISIN US6153691059
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryServices-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies
- HeadquartersNew York, NY
- Founded1909
- Websitemoodys.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($349.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 179.9m as of 2025-03-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $465.32. Options: 25 managers hold calls ($116.5m notional), 19 hold puts ($130.1m).
Trends to Q1 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 935 |
| Q4 2022 | 963 |
| Q1 2023 | 965 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,025 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,038 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,105 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,134 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,162 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,209 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,303 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,315 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 452 | 418 |
| Q3 2023 | 454 | 417 |
| Q4 2023 | 450 | 485 |
| Q1 2024 | 514 | 468 |
| Q2 2024 | 512 | 462 |
| Q3 2024 | 565 | 454 |
| Q4 2024 | 538 | 509 |
| Q1 2025 | 645 | 526 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | $77.2m | $49.5m | 0.64 |
| Q3 2024 | $109.8m | $59.3m | 0.54 |
| Q4 2024 | $117.5m | $117.0m | 1.00 |
| Q1 2025 | $116.5m | $130.1m | 1.12 |
Biggest buyers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +1.3m |
| PineStone Asset Management Inc. | Added | +558.1k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +482.1k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +384.5k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB | Added | +284.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +265.4k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +247.1k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +227.0k |
| WORLDQUANT MILLENNIUM ADVISORS LLC | Added | +190.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +184.3k |
Biggest sellers
| Ninety One UK Ltd | Reduced | -689.4k |
| AKRE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -643.5k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Reduced | -611.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -549.4k |
| Fiera Capital Corp | Reduced | -498.3k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP | Reduced | -350.2k |
| Amundi | Reduced | -169.4k |
| Troy Asset Management Ltd | Reduced | -149.9k |
| CREDIT AGRICOLE S A | Reduced | -133.5k |
| NORGES BANK | Reduced | -122.7k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $28.2m60.6k shares |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Unchanged | $23.3m50.0k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $10.5m22.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $8.6m18.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $6.4m13.7k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | $6.4m13.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $5.4m11.6k shares |
| Interval Partners, LP | Reduced | $5.0m10.7k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $4.8m10.2k shares |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | $2.9m6.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | $46.6m100.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $25.5m54.7k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | New | $18.1m38.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $5.9m12.6k shares |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | New | $5.5m11.8k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $5.4m11.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $4.9m10.5k shares |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | $4.1m8.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $3.5m7.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $2.8m6.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| TCI Fund Management Ltd 13G · passive investor filed 2026-05-15 | 8.2% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 6.4% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $3.2m | $2.3m |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 4 | $9.9m | $3.7m |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 3 | $6.7m | $5.4m |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.1m | $958.9k |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $6.2m | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $6.5m | $540.8k |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $6.7m | $878.5k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-17 | Fauber Robert President and CEO, director | Sold plan | $184.4k415 shares |
| 2025-03-05 | Tulenko Stephen T President, Moody's Analytics | Sold | $2.4m5.0k shares |
| 2025-03-04 | Fauber Robert President and CEO, director | Sold | $1.5m3.0k shares |
| 2025-03-04 | Steele Richard G SVP - General Counsel | Sold | $136.6k277 shares |
| 2025-03-03 | Fauber Robert President and CEO, director | Sold plan | $141.9k281 shares |
| 2025-02-26 | Tulenko Stephen T President, Moody's Analytics | Sold | $1.7m3.5k shares |
| 2025-02-18 | Fauber Robert President and CEO, director | Sold plan | $146.7k281 shares |
| 2025-02-03 | Fauber Robert President and CEO, director | Sold plan | $138.9k281 shares |
| 2025-01-15 | Fauber Robert President and CEO, director | Sold plan | $133.1k281 shares |
| 2025-01-02 | Fauber Robert President and CEO, director | Sold plan | $133.4k281 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc 4.42% of their portfolio | 24.7m $11.5bn | Unchanged |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 15.5m $7.2bn | Added +1.3m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 14.8m $6.9bn | Added +119.5k |
| TCI FUND MANAGEMENT LTD 14.13% of their portfolio | 13.2m $6.1bn | Reduced -83.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.14% of their portfolio | 7.2m $3.4bn | Added +12.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 6.5m $3.0bn | Added +384.5k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 3.8m $1.8bn | Added +138.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.25% of their portfolio | 2.7m $1.3bn | Reduced -95.7k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 4.27% of their portfolio | 2.5m $1.2bn | Reduced -498.3k |
| AKRE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 10.90% of their portfolio | 2.4m $1.1bn | Reduced -643.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.08% of their portfolio | 2.4m $1.1bn | Added +121.7k |
| PineStone Asset Management Inc. 7.37% of their portfolio | 2.1m $975.8m | Added +558.1k |
| NORGES BANK 0.13% of their portfolio | 2.0m $915.6m | Reduced -122.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.8m $820.1m | Reduced -15.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 1.7m $769.1m | Added +60.8k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.6m $738.9m | Added +140.1k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 1.6m $730.7m | Reduced -611.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.5m $712.8m | Added +265.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.4m $648.0m | Added +52.3k |
| Longview Partners (Guernsey) LTD 4.96% of their portfolio | 1.3m $616.5m | Reduced -85.0k |
| Valley Forge Capital Management, LP 13.94% of their portfolio | 1.3m $612.0m | Unchanged |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.3m $602.6m | Added +22.3k |
| Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd 8.52% of their portfolio | 1.1m $506.0m | Added +3.5k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.0m $478.6m | Added +33.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.0m $476.1m | Added +184.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.0m $474.1m | Reduced -11.5k |
| WINDACRE PARTNERSHIP LLC 7.05% of their portfolio | 1.0m $470.6m | Unchanged |
| Amundi 0.15% of their portfolio | 962.3k $425.7m | Reduced -169.4k |
| ALTAROCK PARTNERS LP 8.90% of their portfolio | 950.9k $442.8m | Unchanged |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 942.4k $438.9m | Added +482.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.17% of their portfolio | 922.8k $429.7m | Reduced -86.1k |
| Allen Investment Management, LLC 4.91% of their portfolio | 903.7k $420.8m | Reduced -25.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.09% of their portfolio | 902.2k $420.1m | Added +247.1k |
| Ninety One UK Ltd 1.07% of their portfolio | 828.3k $385.7m | Reduced -689.4k |
| AKO CAPITAL LLP 5.00% of their portfolio | 826.7k $385.0m | Added +173.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 805.3k $375.0m | Added +9.1k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.31% of their portfolio | 758.5k $353.2m | Reduced -50.5k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 722.5k $336.5m | Reduced -23.5k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 705.6k $328.6m | First filing |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.44% of their portfolio | 685.4k $318.7m | Added +51.2k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.45% of their portfolio | 678.5k $316.0m | Reduced -1.3k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.17% of their portfolio | 662.8k $308.7m | Reduced -82.5k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.28% of their portfolio | 658.4k $306.6m | Added +51.7k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 634.8k $295.6m | Added +146.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 625.8k $291.4m | Added +87.7k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 598.8k $278.8m | Added +157.8k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.85% of their portfolio | 559.5k $260.5m | Reduced -5.1k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 544.0k $253.3m | Reduced -34.4k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 527.5k $244.8m | Added +56.3k |
| MARSHFIELD ASSOCIATES 5.18% of their portfolio | 513.9k $239.3m | Added +2.8k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.24% of their portfolio | 509.9k $237.5m | Added +3.7k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.24% of their portfolio | 505.1k $231.7m | Added +284.8k |
| Evergreen Quality Fund GP, Ltd. 8.62% of their portfolio | 495.2k $230.6m | Reduced -84.0k |
| Local Pensions Partnership Investment Ltd 4.48% of their portfolio | 484.0k $225.5m | Reduced -37.5k |
| Cantillon Capital Management LLC 1.39% of their portfolio | 459.9k $214.2m | Reduced -14.2k |
| Canoe Financial LP 3.35% of their portfolio | 449.0k $209.1m | Added +26.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 447.4k $208.4m | Added +184.3k |
| Sarasin & Partners LLP 2.25% of their portfolio | 446.0k $207.7m | Reduced -116.4k |
| National Pension Service 0.20% of their portfolio | 441.3k $205.5m | Added +26.1k |
| DF DENT & CO INC 2.71% of their portfolio | 435.8k $202.9m | Reduced -16.0k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 424.3k $195.8m | Reduced -3.1k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.29% of their portfolio | 404.2k $188.2m | Added +227.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.17% of their portfolio | 402.9k $187.6m | Reduced -44.2k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.12% of their portfolio | 373.6k $174.0m | Reduced -30.8k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 369.8k $172.2m | Added +4.6k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.38% of their portfolio | 340.5k $158.6m | Added +25.5k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.14% of their portfolio | 332.6k $154.9m | Added +4.7k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.29% of their portfolio | 316.3k $147.3m | Added +12.5k |
| BLS Capital Fondsmaeglerselskab A/S 4.90% of their portfolio | 305.8k $142.4m | Reduced -97.5k |
| Employees Provident Fund Board 1.58% of their portfolio | 298.1k $138.8m | Added +22.9k |
| Newport Trust Company, LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 296.2k $137.9m | Reduced -874 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.12% of their portfolio | 284.0k $132.3m | Added +30.1k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.09% of their portfolio | 282.7k $131.6m | Added +3.6k |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.57% of their portfolio | 275.5k $128.3m | Reduced -1.6k |
| KING LUTHER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP 0.59% of their portfolio | 273.6k $127.4m | Reduced -8.4k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 265.4k $123.6m | Reduced -7.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.10% of their portfolio | 255.2k $118.8m | Reduced -15.6k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.15% of their portfolio | 252.2k $117.5m | Reduced -2.6k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 242.5k $112.9m | Reduced -75.2k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.09% of their portfolio | 241.9k $112.6m | First filing |
| Skye Global Management LP 2.92% of their portfolio | 236.0k $109.9m | Added +54.0k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.13% of their portfolio | 229.6k $106.9m | Added +46.8k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 229.3k $106.8m | Added +2.1k |
| CHILTON INVESTMENT CO INC. 2.57% of their portfolio | 226.4k $105.4m | Added +13.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.15% of their portfolio | 226.0k $105.3m | Reduced -3.9k |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO 0.79% of their portfolio | 225.5k $105.0m | Added +584 |
| MANNING & NAPIER ADVISORS LLC 1.25% of their portfolio | 217.0k $101.1m | Reduced -4.4k |
| Markel Group Inc. 0.88% of their portfolio | 213.9k $99.6m | Unchanged |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.26% of their portfolio | 211.6k $98.5m | Added +3.9k |
| Bristol Gate Capital Partners Inc. 4.54% of their portfolio | 199.7k $93.0m | Reduced -30.4k |
| WORLDQUANT MILLENNIUM ADVISORS LLC 0.57% of their portfolio | 193.7k $90.2m | Added +190.1k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 191.9k $89.4m | Added +172.1k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.18% of their portfolio | 188.6k $87.8m | Reduced -27.8k |
| FLOSSBACH VON STORCH SE 0.36% of their portfolio | 180.6k $84.1m | Reduced -20.9k |
| YCG, LLC 6.55% of their portfolio | 179.7k $83.7m | Reduced -1.4k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.15% of their portfolio | 178.9k $83.5m | Added +6.2k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 178.7k $83.2m | Added +158.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 176.0k $82.0m | Added +5.9k |
| BRISTOL JOHN W & CO INC /NY/ 1.38% of their portfolio | 173.6k $80.8m | Reduced -3.5k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 171.2k $79.7m | Added +90.4k |