Moody's Corporation (MCO): Today's Featured Diversified Services Laggard
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) pushed the Diversified Services industry lower today making it today's featured Diversified Services laggard. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Moody's Corporation fell $1.42 (-3%) to $46.60 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 4.3 million shares of Moody's Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.7 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $45.92-$48.05 after having opened the day at $47.12 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $48.02. Other companies within the Diversified Services industry that declined today were:
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), down 10.3%,
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), down 9.5%,
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), down 7.3%, and
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), down 6.7%.
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Moody's Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides credit ratings, research, and analysis covering fixed-income securities, other debt instruments, and the entities that issue such instruments in the global capital markets. Moody's Corporation has a market cap of $10.87 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.9, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 45.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Moody's Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Moody's Corporation as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results.
- You can view the full Moody's Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 8.9%,
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), up 8.6%,
Daegis
(
DAEG
), up 6.8%, and
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), up 6.6%, were all gainers within the diversified services industry with
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) being today's featured diversified services industry leader.
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