Harley-Davidson Inc vs Moody's Corporation — how do they compare? Harley-Davidson Inc trades at $27.42 (market cap $2.72B), while Moody's Corporation trades at $476.73 (market cap $82.80B). The key difference: Moody's Corporation is far larger — about 30.4× Harley-Davidson Inc's market cap, and Harley-Davidson Inc pays the higher dividend (2.82%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| HOG | MCO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $2.72B | $82.80B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Financials |
52-Week High | $31.03 | $539.61 |
52-Week Low | $17.19 | $412.23 |
Enterprise Value | $3.13B | $88.83B |
Dividend Yield | 2.82% | 0.86% |
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MCO trades at $477.75, up 0.98% on the day, with a bullish technical signal and strong fundamentals. Recent Q2 2026 earnings beat expectations with EPS of $4.68 versus $4.26 expected, driven by robust debt issuance and analytics demand. Revenue growth accelerated to 15% year-over-year, with net income margin expanding to 34.25%. The stock is supported by a consensus price target of $561.88, indicating 17.6% upside potential, and positive analyst sentiment with 56% buy ratings.
Outlook remains positive due to consistent earnings beats, high profitability, and strategic positioning in credit ratings. Risks include elevated valuation multiples, such as a P/E of 30.31, and dependence on capital market activity. Investors should weigh growth prospects against potential macroeconomic headwinds affecting debt issuance volumes.
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Harley-Davidson is a global leading manufacturer of heavyweight motorcycles, merchandise, parts, and accessories. It sells custom, cruiser, and touring motorcycles and offers a complete line of Harley-Davidson motorcycle parts, accessories, riding gear, and apparel, as well as merchandise. Harley-Davidson Financial Services provides wholesale financing to dealers and retail financing and insurance brokerage services to customers. Harley has historically captured about half of all heavyweight domestic retail motorcycle registrations, a metric it had ceded in 2020 as it repositioned the business, but a level it is working back toward. In recent years the firm has expanded into the adventure touring market with its Pan America model and into electric with the LiveWire brand.
Read more on HOG →Moody's, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed income securities. Moody's ratings segment, known as Moody's Investors Service or MIS, includes corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm's revenue and profits. Moody's other segment is Moody's Analytics and consists of Research, Data, and Analytics or RD&A and Enterprise Risk Solutions or ERS. RD&A's products include credit research, quantitative credit scores, economic research, business intelligence, know your customer (KYC) tools, commercial real estate data and analytical tools, and training services. ERS includes risk management software solutions to financial institutions.
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