MCO vs VRSK vs YB Stock Comparison

Moodys, Verisk Analytics and Yuanbao Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MCO Moodys Corp /De/
$528.41 +17.9% 1M +8.4% 1Y
Market cap
$91.10B
P/E
31.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.18B
Div. yield
0.76%
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
5 wins
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc.
$197.85 +21.2% 1M -10.1% 1Y
Market cap
$25.75B
P/E
29.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.14B
Div. yield
0.99%
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
1 win
YB Yuanbao Inc.
$11.35 -10.6% 1M -45.5% 1Y
Market cap
$523.01M
P/E
1.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$721.91M
Div. yield
11.10%
Insurtech Technology
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Yuanbao leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Yuanbao 6, Moodys 5, Verisk Analytics 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMCOVRSKYBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $91.10B $25.75B $523.01M MCO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 31.7x 29.2x 1.0x YB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 29.5x 24.8x 2.7x YB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.0% +5.0% +37.2% YB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 35.3% 28.2% 57.3% YB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 27.9% 31.9% — VRSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 2.3x — MCO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.76% 0.99% 11.10% YB
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.4% -10.1% -45.5% MCO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.4%/yr -1.6%/yr — MCO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.7% 35.7% 51.1% MCO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 55/100 89/100 YB

Percentile Scorecard

MCOVRSKYB

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMCOVRSKYB
Valuation 18 #795 of 963 29 #684 of 963 86 #15 of 99
Growth 71 #236 of 823 44 #460 of 823 91 #9 of 94
Profitability 96 #32 of 845 97 #30 of 845 99 #2 of 90
Financial Health 52 #431 of 896 31 #617 of 896 87 #15 of 105
Shareholder Returns 55 #332 of 731 72 #206 of 731 81 #13 of 63
Overall 58 55 89
  • MCO ranked among 1,001 companies in Financial Services
  • VRSK ranked among 1,001 companies in Financial Services
  • YB ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMCOVRSKYBSPY
1 month +17.9%+21.2%-10.6% -1.0%
3 months +9.2%+4.8%-17.1% -0.4%
6 months +17.8%+15.7%-26.6% +4.5%
Year to date +3.4%-11.6%-44.0% +12.4%
1 year +8.4%-10.1%-45.5% +13.6%
3 years +59.4%-14.2%— +76.4%
3 years, per year +16.8%-5.0%— +20.8%
5 years +36.5%-7.8%— +63.7%
5 years, per year +6.4%-1.6%— +10.4%
10 years +441.3%+142.0%— +267.7%
10 years, per year +18.4%+9.2%— +13.9%

Risk

MeasureMCOVRSKYBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.7%35.7%51.1% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.8%36.4%50.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.51-0.460.36 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.29-0.28-0.89 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -41.4%-51.2%-64.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.1%-12.1%-50.1% -1.6%
52-week high $539.61$225.07$22.73 $779.14
52-week low $412.23$156.84$10.86 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMCOVRSKYB
P/E now vs peer median 31.7xmedian 13.8x 29.2xmedian 13.8x 1.0xmedian 21.9x
P/S now vs peer median 11.1xmedian 3.3x 8.2xmedian 3.3x 0.7xmedian 2.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.3xmedian 6.0x 17.2xmedian 6.0x —median 16.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 30.6xmedian 11.0x 20.8xmedian 11.0x —median 17.4x
P/B now vs peer median 26.7xmedian 1.3x -21.7xmedian 1.3x 0.9xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 1.20median 0.95 1.17median 0.95 —median 0.91

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMCOVRSKYB
Revenue $8.18B $3.14B $721.91M
Gross profit $6.10B $2.20B –
Operating income $3.64B $1.38B –
Net income $2.89B $885.50M $277.06M
Free cash flow $2.98B $1.24B –
R&D – – $59.06M
EPS (diluted) $16.64 $6.77 $8.68
Cash & equivalents $1.51B $551.40M $168.92M
Total debt $6.91B $4.47B –
Shares (diluted) 173.30M 130.85M 47.65M
Enterprise value $84.17B $20.39B -$1.85B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMCOVRSKYB
P/E 31.7x 29.2x 1.0x
P/FCF 30.6x 20.8x –
P/Operating cash flow 27.4x 17.1x –
P/S 11.1x 8.2x 0.7x
P/B 26.7x -21.7x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 53.0x -17.1x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA 23.3x 17.2x –
EV/EBIT 26.5x 21.6x -0.9x
EV/Revenue 11.8x 9.5x -0.3x
EV/FCF 32.4x 24.0x –
EV/Operating cash flow 29.0x 19.7x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.20 1.17 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMCOVRSKYB
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.0% 5.0% 37.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.6% 6.9% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.3% 6.2% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 8.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.0% 4.8% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 23.3% 6.6% –
Net income growth (1Y) 28.5% -3.3% 63.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 24.0% 20.7% –
EPS growth (1Y) 33.1% 3.7% 295.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.5% 25.0% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 22.5% 21.1% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.5% 11.4% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 24.1% 21.2% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.8% 14.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMCOVRSKYB
Gross margin 74.6% 70.2% –
EBITDA margin 50.6% 55.0% –
Operating margin 44.6% 43.9% –
Pretax margin 45.2% 37.0% 34.1%
Net margin 35.3% 28.2% 57.3%
FCF margin 36.4% 39.4% –
Operating cash flow margin 40.7% 47.9% –
Return on equity 87.8% – 50.4%
Return on assets 19.6% 19.5% 33.2%
Return on invested capital 27.9% 31.9% –
Return on capital employed 31.8% 40.1% 45.5%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.7x –
Stock comp / revenue 2.8% 1.8% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMCOVRSKYB
Debt / assets 46.6% 99.5% –
Debt / equity 2.0x -3.8x –
Net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 2.3x –
Debt / FCF 2.3x 3.6x –
Liabilities / assets 77.0% 126.4% 36.8%
Equity / assets 23.0% -26.4% 63.2%
Interest coverage – 7.0x –
Current ratio 1.3x 1.0x 2.9x
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.9x 2.8x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.5x 2.5x
Altman Z-score 8.07 6.96 3.55

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMCOVRSKYB
Dividend yield 0.8% 1.0% 11.1%
Net buyback yield 3.2% 7.3% –
Shareholder yield 4.0% 8.2% 11.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 24.6% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 23.8% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.0% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.8% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMCOVRSKYB
Forward P/E 29.5xFY2026 24.8xFY2026 2.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $17.93FY2026 $7.97FY2026 $4.25FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +20.0%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026 +553.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -1.5% +5.1% +21.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.69BFY2026 $3.33BFY2026 $881.23MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +12.6%FY2026 +8.6%FY2026 +41.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.0% +6.7% +22.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMCOVRSKYB
Held by institutions 90.8% 97.6% 10.3%
Institutions holding 1,407 955 23
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.6% -0.4% +20.8%
Institutions buying 645 489 14
Institutions selling 524 349 5
Buyers to sellers 1.23 1.40 2.80

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

MCOVRSKYB
MCO 1.00 0.58 0.08
VRSK 0.58 1.00 0.02
YB 0.08 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MCO, VRSK and YB?

Moodys (MCO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Moodys (MCO) $91.10B, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) $25.75B, Yuanbao (YB) $523.01M.

Which stock is cheaper, MCO, VRSK and YB?

Yuanbao (YB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Moodys (MCO) 31.7x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 29.2x, Yuanbao (YB) 1.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Yuanbao (YB) is cheapest (Moodys (MCO) 29.5x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 24.8x, Yuanbao (YB) 2.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Yuanbao (YB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Moodys (MCO) +9.0%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) +5.0%, Yuanbao (YB) +37.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Yuanbao (YB) has the highest net margin (Moodys (MCO) 35.3%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 28.2%, Yuanbao (YB) 57.3%). On return on invested capital, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) leads (Moodys (MCO) 27.9%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 31.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Moodys (MCO) returned the most: Moodys (MCO) +8.4%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -10.1%, Yuanbao (YB) -45.5%. Over five years, Moodys (MCO) compounded fastest (Moodys (MCO) +6.4%/yr, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -1.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Yuanbao (YB) has the highest dividend yield: Moodys (MCO) 0.76%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 0.99%, Yuanbao (YB) 11.10%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Moodys (MCO) has been the steadiest (Moodys (MCO) 28.7%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 35.7%, Yuanbao (YB) 51.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MCO, VRSK and YB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Yuanbao (YB) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.