Moody's Corporation vs Nasdaq Inc — how do they compare? Moody's Corporation trades at $475 (market cap $82.52B), while Nasdaq Inc trades at $94.71 (market cap $53.11B). The key difference: Moody's Corporation is the larger of the two by market cap, and Nasdaq Inc pays the higher dividend (1.22%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| MCO | NDAQ | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $82.52B | $53.11B |
Sector | Financials | Financials |
52-Week High | $539.61 | $100.98 |
52-Week Low | $412.23 | $76.85 |
Enterprise Value | $88.54B | $59.57B |
Dividend Yield | 0.86% | 1.22% |
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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.
Read more on MCO →Founded in 1971, Nasdaq is primarily known for its equity exchange, but in addition to its market-services business (about 35% of sales), the company sells and distributes market data as well as offers Nasdaq-branded indexes to asset managers and investors through its information-services segment (30%). Nasdaq's corporate-services business (20%) offers listing services and related investor relations products to publicly traded companies and through the company's market technology group (15%), Nasdaq facilitates the exchange operations of other exchanges throughout the world and provides financial compliance services.
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