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Moody's (Moody's) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 36.67 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), Moody's's share price is $374.67. Moody's's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $10.22. Hence, Moody's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 36.67.

The historical rank and industry rank for Moody's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

MCO' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.5   Med: 26.97   Max: 61.74
Current: 36.65

During the past 13 years, Moody's's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 61.74. The lowest was 13.50. And the median was 26.97.

MCO's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
75.82% of 368 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 15.15 vs MCO: 36.65

Moody's's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.20. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $10.22.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Moody's was 58.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -1.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 9.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, Moody's's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 105.70% per year. The lowest was -8.40% per year. And the median was 14.00% per year.


Moody's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Moody's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Premium members only.

Array ( [0] => - [1] => - [2] => - [3] => - [4] => - [5] => 28.32 [6] => 26.89 [7] => 39.33 [8] => 43.21 [9] => 38.23 )
Moody's Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 28.32 26.89 39.33 43.21 38.23

Moody's Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 43.21 42.86 38.83 32.80 38.23

Competitive Comparison

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Moody's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Moody's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Moody's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Moody's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Moody's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Moody's's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=374.67/10.218
=36.67

Moody's's Share Price of today is $374.67.
Moody's's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $10.22.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Moody's  (NYSE:MCO) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Moody's (Moody's) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7 World Trade Center at 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, USA, 10007
Moody's, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed-income securities. The ratings segment, Moody's Investors Service, includes corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm's revenue and profits. The other segment, Moody's Analytics, consists of research, data, and analytics as well as enterprise risk solutions. RD&A's products include credit research, quantitative credit scores, economic research, business intelligence, know-your-customer tools, commercial real estate data and analytical tools, and training services. ERS includes risk-management software solutions for financial institutions.
Executives
Robert Fauber director, officer: President and CEO 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Michael L West officer: President, Moody's Investors 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH ST, NEW YORK NY 10007
Richard G Steele officer: SVP - General Counsel C/O MOODY'S CORPORATION, 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER AT 250 GREENWICH ST, NEW YORK NY 10007
Kathryn Hill director 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Lloyd Jr Howell director 8283 GREENSBORO DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Vincent A Forlenza director C/O BECTON DICKERSON & CO, 1 BECTON DR, FRANKLIN LAKES NJ 07417
Jorge A. Bermudez director CORPORATE LAW DEPT., CITIGROUP INC., 425 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10043
Jose Minaya director 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Saun Bruce Van director CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 600 WASHINGTON BLVD, STAMFORD CT 06901
Leslie Seidman director 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Therese Esperdy director 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH ST, NEW YORK NY 10007
Caroline Sullivan officer: SVP - Corporate Controller 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Mark Kaye officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH ST, NEW YORK NY 10007
Raymond W Mcdaniel director, officer: Executive Vice President 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Stephen T Tulenko officer: President, Moody's Analytics 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH ST, NEW YORK NY 10007

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