Moody's Corporation (MCO)

Profile

Exchange: NYSE       Sector: Services       Industry: Business Services

Moody's Corporation is the holding company for Moody's Analytics and Moody's Investors Service, a credit rating agency which performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities. The MIS segment consists of four lines of business, including corporate finance, structured finance, financial institutions and public, project and infrastructure finance that is principally engaged in the assignment and monitoring of credit ratings on debt obligations and the entities that issue such obligations in markets worldwide. The MA segment consists of three lines of business, including Research, Data and Analytics; Risk Management Software; and Professional Services that develops a wide range of products and services that support the risk management activities of institutional participants in global financial markets. The company also ranks the credit-worthiness of borrowers using a standardized ratings scale. It is one of the Big Three credit rating agencies and has a 40% share of the world market, as does its main rival, Standard & Poor's;Fitch Ratings has a smaller share. The company was founded in 1900 by John Moody and is headquartered in New York, NY.