Moody's Corporation vs Verisign, Inc. — how do they compare? Moody's Corporation trades at $490.77 (market cap $88.28B), while Verisign, Inc. trades at $277.5 (market cap $25.26B). The key difference: Moody's Corporation is far larger — about 3.5× Verisign, Inc.'s market cap, and Verisign, Inc. pays the higher dividend (1.17%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| MCO | VRSN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $88.28B | $25.26B |
Sector | Financials | Technology |
52-Week High | $539.61 | $310.00 |
52-Week Low | $412.23 | $211.49 |
Enterprise Value | $94.08B | $26.50B |
Dividend Yield | 0.82% | 1.17% |
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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 →Verisign is the sole authorized registry for several generic top-level domains, including the widely utilized .com and .net top-level domains. The company operates critical Internet infrastructure to support the domain name system, including operating two of the world's 13 root servers that are used to route Internet traffic. In 2018, the firm sold off its Security Services business, signalling a renewed focus on the core registry business.
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