MCO 📈 Moodys - Overview

Moodys Corporation is a global risk assessment firm that operates through two primary segments: Moody's Analytics and Moody's Investors Service. The Moody's Analytics segment is focused on developing a wide range of products and services designed to support risk management activities for institutional participants in financial markets. This includes credit research, credit models, and analytics, as well as economics data and models, and structured finance solutions. Additionally, Moody's Analytics provides data sets on companies and securities, and offers software as a service (SaaS) solutions that support banking, insurance, and know your customer workflows, enabling institutions to make more informed decisions.

The Moody's Investors Service segment, on the other hand, is responsible for publishing credit ratings and providing assessment services on various debt obligations, programs, and facilities, as well as entities that issue such obligations. This includes a broad range of corporate, financial institution, and governmental obligations, in addition to structured finance securities. By providing independent and objective credit ratings, Moody's Investors Service helps investors make more informed investment decisions and manage their risk exposure. With a history dating back to 1900, Moody's Corporation has established itself as a leading provider of credit ratings and risk assessment services, and is headquartered in New York, New York.

As a company, Moodys Corporation has undergone significant transformations over the years, including a name change from Dun and Bradstreet Company to Moody's Corporation in September 2000. Today, the company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol MCO, and its common stock is traded under the ISIN code US6153691059. Moody's Corporation is classified under the GICS Sub Industry category of Financial Exchanges & Data, reflecting its role as a leading provider of financial data and analytics to institutional clients worldwide. With its website available at https://www.moodys.com, the company offers a range of resources and information for investors, customers, and other stakeholders.