MOODYS CORP: management transactions · United States · SEC (Form 4)

About MOODYS CORP

Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO) is a leading US financial-services and analytics company headquartered in the United States and listed on the NYSE. The company was founded in 1909 by John Moody, giving it more than a century of franchise history in credit analysis and risk intelligence. Its corporate headquarters is in New York City at 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, and it operates globally across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. Moody’s serves customers in many countries and emphasizes a broad international footprint, underscoring the scale of its global distribution. ([moodys.com](https://www.moodys.com/web/en/us/ai-information.html?utm_source=openai)) Moody’s business model rests on two complementary pillars. Moody’s Ratings provides independent, forward-looking credit ratings and related assessment services across corporate, financial institution, sovereign, municipal, and structured-finance obligations. Moody’s Analytics offers data, software, workflow tools, economic research, and decision-support solutions used by banks, insurers, asset managers, corporations, and public-sector institutions. Together, these businesses give Moody’s a strong position in credit intelligence, enterprise risk management, compliance, and capital-allocation workflows, with a mix of recurring software revenue and high-value analytical content. ([moodys.com](https://www.moodys.com/web/en/us/ai-information.html?utm_source=openai)) From a competitive standpoint, Moody’s is one of the most important global credit-rating and risk-analytics franchises. Its moat comes from brand trust, long-standing market relationships, regulatory relevance, and the breadth of data and analytics embedded in client workflows. In 2026, Moody’s highlighted an expanded partnership with Microsoft, integrating its decision-grade intelligence into Microsoft 365 Copilot experiences, which should strengthen distribution and make its data more accessible inside enterprise AI workflows. ([moodys.com](https://www.moodys.com/web/en/us/media-relations/press-releases/moodys-advances-decision-grade-credit-intelligence-powered-by-microsoft-365-copilot.html?utm_source=openai)) Recent corporate developments are also notable. Moody’s reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results and provided its 2026 outlook. In February 2026, the company announced a regional headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, expanding its presence in the Middle East and supporting local capital-market development. In April 2026, Moody’s said Christina Kosmowski would become CEO of Moody’s Analytics in June. Earlier, in January 2025, the company announced an agreement to acquire CAPE Analytics, adding AI-powered geospatial property-risk intelligence to its insurance-risk capabilities. Overall, Moody’s remains a high-quality US-listed franchise on the NYSE, combining a dominant brand in credit ratings with an increasingly software- and data-driven analytics platform. ([ir.moodys.com](https://ir.moodys.com/press-releases/news-details/2026/Moodys-Corporation-Reports-Results-for-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025/default.aspx?utm_source=openai))