Moody's (MCO) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates

Core Insights - Moody's reported quarterly earnings of $3.83 per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.56 per share, and up from $3.37 per share a year ago, representing an earnings surprise of 7.58% [1] - The company achieved revenues of $1.92 billion for the quarter ended March 2025, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.29%, compared to $1.79 billion in the same quarter last year [2] - Moody's shares have declined approximately 12.7% year-to-date, slightly underperforming the S&P 500's decline of 12.3% [3] Earnings Outlook - The future performance of Moody's stock will largely depend on management's commentary during the earnings call and the revisions of earnings estimates [3][4] - The current consensus EPS estimate for the upcoming quarter is $3.60, with expected revenues of $1.89 billion, and for the current fiscal year, the EPS estimate is $13.77 on revenues of $7.46 billion [7] Industry Context - The Financial - Miscellaneous Services industry, to which Moody's belongs, is currently ranked in the top 30% of over 250 Zacks industries, indicating a favorable outlook compared to the bottom 50% [8] - Empirical research suggests a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions, which can be tracked by investors [5]