Moody's Corporation vs Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Moody's Corporation trades at $477 (market cap $82.52B), while Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $43.74. The key difference: Moody's Corporation pays a 0.86% dividend while Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund pays none, and Moody's Corporation is trading nearer its 52-week high, Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| MCO | XLU | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $82.52B | — |
Sector | Financials | — |
52-Week High | $539.61 | $47.73 |
52-Week Low | $412.23 | $41.31 |
Enterprise Value | $88.54B | — |
Dividend Yield | 0.86% | — |
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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 →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: electric utilities; water utilities; multi-utilities; independent power and renewable electricity producers; and gas utilities. The fund is non-diversified.
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