Moody's Corporation vs Banco Santander SA — how do they compare? Moody's Corporation trades at $475 (market cap $82.52B), while Banco Santander SA trades at $14.88 (market cap $211.63B). The key difference: Banco Santander SA is far larger — about 2.6× Moody's Corporation's market cap, and Banco Santander SA pays the higher dividend (1.89%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| MCO | SAN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $82.52B | $211.63B |
Sector | Financials | Financials |
52-Week High | $539.61 | $14.71 |
52-Week Low | $412.23 | $9.37 |
Enterprise Value | $88.54B | — |
Dividend Yield | 0.86% | 1.89% |
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Latest headlines on both assets
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 →Santander's focus is on retail and commercial banking. Latin America is geographically the largest operation, with Brazil by far the largest. Its continental European business is still mainly Iberian. Santander's U.K. presence is the result of the acquisition of building society Abbey. In the U.S., Santander operates a vehicle finance business and a regional bank focused on the Northeastern states.
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