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Red Flags Identified


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Wall Street Drivers beta

📊 Professional Investors(wallstreet) pay a lot of heed at these numbers, long term history matters - specially 9+ year trends
Score 9.0 / 10.0

  • revenue cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['7.27 is greater than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer growing Business which grow >= 5% YoY, better than GDP growth of >= 2-3%
  • cashflows cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['8.0 is greater than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer growing Business which generate cashflows >= 5% YoY, for some industries like finance specially Banks this might be lower/red and its OK for them
  • shares outstanding cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['-1.48 is less than equal to 2']
  • mental_model: As a business owner equity is important, We want less dilution over years OR it should reduce so our share of business increases with time, less than 2% is ideal, >=10% is potentially bad be careful
  • debt cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['11.98 is NOT less than equal to 2']
  • mental_model: We prefer Business with lower debt growth
  • equity cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['40.55 is greater than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer growing Business having shareholder equity growth >= 5% YoY
  • leverage average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['3.38 is less than equal to 5', '3.38 is greater than equal to 0']
  • mental_model: We prefer Business which can pay their debts in less than 5 years using cashflows, for some industries like finance specially Banks this might be lower/red and its OK for them
  • interestRate average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['0.01 is less than equal to 0.05']
  • mental_model: We prefer lower interest rate than the current prevailing interest rates, we want long term debt profile too

Business Durability beta

🏰 Quality companies with moats show higher or stable trends, long term trends matters, Consistency is the Key
Score 10.0 / 10.0

  • margin cashflow running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 0.35 wrt mean ratio: 0.321']
  • cash average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 2102333333.33 wrt mean ratio: 1724461538.461']
  • mental_model: We want stability on cash growth

Business Trends last 3 years beta

Score 0.0 / 10.0

  • capex running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 0.05 wrt mean ratio: 0.028']
  • cash running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 0.34 wrt mean ratio: 0.424']
  • mental_model: cash trend should be similar or greater to revenue, if company is heavily reinvesting it might be OK, but do check

Profits Matter beta

💰 Companies needs to have positive profits to reward its shareholders in the long term
Score 10.0 / 10.0

  • positive cashflows profits average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['2154333333.33 is greater than equal to 0']
  • mental_model: We want to see positive cashflows profits for last 3 years, Profits determine Stock prices in the long term

Capital Allocation beta

🧠 Remember: Shareholders only gets rewarded if management does prudent capital allocation decisions
Score 2.0 / 10.0

  • capex to Cashflow running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 0.13 wrt mean ratio: 0.081']
  • depreciation to capex running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 1.3 wrt mean ratio: 1.582']
  • mental_model: Helps understand where the company is investing for the future, OR it has to replenish its assets to maintain business
  • cashToRevenue running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 0.34 wrt mean ratio: 0.424']
  • cashToEquity running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 0.64 wrt mean ratio: 2.902']
  • cashToCapex running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 7.24 wrt mean ratio: 18.382']

Business Performance beta

Score 5.0 / 10.0

  • Operating Leverage Cashflow cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['Ratio is [1.1] for last 9 year ratio, threshold 0.9, value_1: 8.0, value_2: 7.27']
  • debt cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['Ratio is [1.65] for last 9 year ratio, threshold 1, value_1: 11.98, value_2: 7.27']
  • cash cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['Ratio is [0.07] for last 9 year ratio, threshold 0.9, value_1: 3.02, value_2: 40.55']
  • debt-equity-cagr cagr for last 9 years
  • insight: ['Ratio is [0.3] for last 9 year ratio, threshold 1, value_1: 11.98, value_2: 40.55']
  • mental_model: We want debt to grow less than equity

Balance Sheet Quality beta

📈 Quality companies can withstand darkest hours, strong balance sheet is the key
Score 8.0 / 10.0

  • debtToCashflow running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is higher, last 3 year ratio: 3.38 wrt mean ratio: 3.095']
  • debtToEquity running_sum for last 3 years
  • insight: ['trend is lower, last 3 year ratio: 2.21 wrt mean ratio: 5.795']
  • leverage average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['3.38 is less than equal to 5']
  • mental_model: We prefer Business which can pay their debts in less than 5 years
  • interestRate average for last 3 years
  • insight: ['0.01 is less than equal to 0.05']
  • mental_model: We prefer lower interest rate than the current prevailing interest rates, we want long term debt profile too

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1. Showing SPECIAL_REPORT report for MCO [show/hide charts] Current Market Price: 424.86 as of 2025-04-18
T means Trillions, B means Billions, M means Millions, all values are in USD(or company filed currency) if not specified as percent/number in the Entry column
Disclaimer: Data is provided as is, please do your due diligence before making any investments, Markets can be very volatile!
Ticker Entry 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
MCO StockMarketPrice 472.48 386.74 273.27 379.55 279.96 227.12 132.62 138.29 87.23 91.40 86.15 69.66 44.03 29.00 22.49
MCO revenue 7.09B 5.92B 5.47B 6.22B 5.37B 4.83B 4.44B 4.20B 3.60B 3.48B 3.33B 2.97B 2.73B 2.28B 2.03B 1.80B
MCO cash 2.41B 2.13B 1.77B 1.81B 2.60B 1.83B 1.69B 1.07B 2.05B 1.76B 1.22B 1.92B 1.76B 0.76B 0.66B 0.0
MCO ppnenet 0.66B 0.60B 0.50B 0.35B 0.28B 0.29B 0.32B 0.33B 0.33B 0.31B 0.30B 0.28B 0.31B 0.33B 0.32B 0.0
MCO owner_earnings 2.30B 1.69B 1.02B 1.69B 1.89B 1.47B 1.24B 0.54B 1.05B 1.02B 0.86B 0.82B 0.71B 0.68B 0.53B 0.52B
MCO cashflow::operating 2.84B 2.15B 1.47B 2.00B 2.15B 1.68B 1.46B 0.76B 1.26B 1.20B 1.02B 0.93B 0.82B 0.80B 0.65B 0.64B
MCO grossincome 7.09B 5.92B 5.47B 6.22B 5.37B 4.83B 4.44B 4.20B 3.60B 3.48B 3.33B 2.97B 2.73B 2.28B 2.03B 1.80B
MCO marketcap 85.63B 70.78B 50.06B 70.56B 52.58B 42.88B 25.41B 26.43B 16.68B 18.07B 18.09B 15.26B 9.82B 6.55B 5.29B 0.0
MCO ev 90.65B 75.65B 55.68B 76.16B 56.40B 46.63B 28.95B 30.47B 17.69B 19.71B 19.42B 15.44B 9.67B 6.97B 5.85B 0.0
MCO ebitda 3.31B 2.51B 2.21B 3.10B 2.61B 2.20B 2.06B 1.98B 0.78B 1.59B 1.53B 1.33B 1.17B 0.97B 0.84B 0.0
MCO equity 3.73B 3.48B 2.69B 2.92B 1.76B 0.83B 0.66B -0.11B -1.03B -0.33B 0.04B 0.35B 0.40B -0.16B -0.30B 0.0
MCO debt 7.43B 7.00B 7.39B 7.41B 6.42B 5.58B 5.23B 5.11B 3.06B 3.40B 2.55B 2.10B 1.61B 1.17B 1.23B 0.0
MCO interestRate 0.0 0.0 0.03 0.02 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.05 0.04 inf
MCO owner_earningsToInterest 0.00B 0.00B 4.42 9.89 0.00B 210.00 124.06 77.34 116.20 127.75 50.80 74.31 11.18 10.94 10.11 15.63
MCO cashflow::operatingToInterest 0.00B 0.00B 6.38 11.73 0.00B 239.29 146.10 107.86 139.89 149.75 59.92 84.25 12.90 12.93 12.44 19.25
MCO shares 0.18B 0.18B 0.18B 0.19B 0.19B 0.19B 0.19B 0.19B 0.19B 0.20B 0.21B 0.22B 0.22B 0.23B 0.23B 0.24B
MCO shares_calc 0.18B 0.18B 0.18B 0.19B 0.19B 0.19B 0.19B 0.19B 0.19B 0.20B 0.21B 0.22B 0.22B 0.23B 0.23B 0.24B
MCO capex 0.32B 0.27B 0.28B 0.14B 0.10B 0.07B 0.09B 0.09B 0.12B 0.09B 0.07B 0.04B 0.04B 0.07B 0.08B 0.09B
MCO depreciation 0.43B 0.37B 0.33B 0.26B 0.22B 0.20B 0.19B 0.16B 0.13B 0.11B 0.10B 0.09B 0.09B 0.08B 0.07B 0.06B
MCO inventoryTurnover inf inf inf inf inf inf inf inf inf inf inf inf inf inf inf inf
General notes:
Caution:: 0 value in revenue means we do not have data for the year for the ticker
0 value most likely means we had a data issue and could not find the field value in the particular year
StockMarketPrice is the price of the Stock in December first week for the year mentioned(typically)

2. Vertical Data, ratio wrt to shares_calc for MCO [show/hide charts] Current Market Price: 424.86 as of 2025-04-18
T means Trillions, B means Billions, M means Millions, all values are in USD(or company filed currency) if not specified as percent/number in the Entry column
Disclaimer: Data is provided as is, please do your due diligence before making any investments, Markets can be very volatile!
Ticker Entry 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
MCO StockMarketPrice
MCO revenue 39.11 32.33 29.85 33.45 28.60 25.58 23.19 22.00 18.85 17.63 15.88 13.57 12.24 10.09 8.65 7.62
MCO cash 13.29 11.64 9.66 9.74 13.83 9.70 8.79 5.61 10.73 8.89 5.81 8.76 7.87 3.36 2.81 0.0
MCO ppnenet 3.62 3.29 2.74 1.87 1.48 1.55 1.67 1.70 1.70 1.55 1.44 1.27 1.38 1.44 1.36 0.0
MCO owner_earnings 12.70 9.22 5.58 9.10 10.06 7.79 6.47 2.83 5.47 5.17 4.11 3.73 3.20 3.01 2.26 2.21
MCO cashflow::operating 15.66 11.75 8.05 10.79 11.43 8.87 7.62 3.95 6.58 6.06 4.85 4.23 3.69 3.55 2.78 2.72
MCO grossincome 39.11 32.33 29.85 33.45 28.60 25.58 23.19 22.00 18.85 17.63 15.88 13.57 12.24 10.09 8.65 7.62
MCO marketcap 472.48 386.74 273.27 379.55 279.96 227.12 132.62 138.29 87.23 91.40 86.15 69.66 44.03 29.00 22.49 0.0
MCO ev 500.18 413.36 303.95 409.68 300.33 246.98 151.10 159.43 92.52 99.71 92.47 70.49 43.36 30.82 24.91 0.0
MCO ebitda 18.24 13.72 12.09 16.68 13.89 11.64 10.75 10.36 4.06 8.02 7.31 6.06 5.25 4.28 3.57 0.0
MCO equity 20.56 18.99 14.68 15.69 9.39 4.40 3.42 -0.60 -5.37 -1.68 0.20 1.59 1.78 -0.70 -1.27 0.0
MCO debt 40.99 38.26 40.33 39.88 34.20 29.56 27.27 26.75 16.02 17.20 12.13 9.60 7.21 5.19 5.23 0.0
MCO shares 1.00 1.01 1.00 1.01 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.01 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
MCO shares_calc 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
MCO capex 1.75 1.48 1.54 0.75 0.55 0.37 0.47 0.47 0.60 0.45 0.36 0.19 0.20 0.30 0.34 0.38
MCO depreciation 2.38 2.04 1.81 1.38 1.17 1.06 1.00 0.83 0.66 0.57 0.46 0.43 0.42 0.35 0.28 0.27
MCO inventoryTurnover 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.54 0.53 0.53 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.51 0.48 0.46 0.45 0.44 0.43 0.42
General notes:
Caution:: 0 value in revenue means we do not have data for the year for the ticker
0 value most likely means we had a data issue and could not find the field value in the particular year
StockMarketPrice is the price of the Stock in December first week for the year mentioned(typically)

3. Vertical Data, ratio wrt to revenue for MCO [show/hide charts] Current Market Price: 424.86 as of 2025-04-18
T means Trillions, B means Billions, M means Millions, all values are in USD(or company filed currency) if not specified as percent/number in the Entry column
Disclaimer: Data is provided as is, please do your due diligence before making any investments, Markets can be very volatile!
Ticker Entry 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
MCO StockMarketPrice
MCO revenue 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
MCO cash 33.97% 36.00% 32.35% 29.13% 48.35% 37.94% 37.92% 25.49% 56.92% 50.43% 36.57% 64.58% 64.29% 33.32% 32.46% 0.0
MCO ppnenet 9.26% 10.19% 9.18% 5.58% 5.18% 6.05% 7.20% 7.73% 9.02% 8.78% 9.07% 9.38% 11.24% 14.29% 15.70% 0.0
MCO owner_earnings 32.46% 28.52% 18.69% 27.20% 35.17% 30.44% 27.92% 12.88% 29.02% 29.33% 25.90% 27.50% 26.14% 29.78% 26.13% 29.05%
MCO cashflow::operating 40.04% 36.36% 26.96% 32.25% 39.96% 34.69% 32.88% 17.96% 34.93% 34.38% 30.55% 31.18% 30.15% 35.21% 32.14% 35.78%
MCO grossincome 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
MCO marketcap 1208.07% 1196.35% 915.56% 1134.74% 978.90% 887.97% 571.94% 628.61% 462.75% 518.58% 542.59% 513.22% 359.62% 287.37% 260.10% 0.0
MCO ev 1278.89% 1278.69% 1018.34% 1224.84% 1050.11% 965.61% 651.64% 724.69% 490.81% 565.74% 582.41% 519.36% 354.18% 305.43% 288.07% 0.0
MCO ebitda 46.64% 42.43% 40.49% 49.87% 48.56% 45.52% 46.37% 47.07% 21.53% 45.52% 46.03% 44.68% 42.89% 42.40% 41.24% 0.0
MCO equity 52.58% 58.76% 49.18% 46.90% 32.82% 17.21% 14.76% -2.73% -28.50% -9.56% 1.29% 11.70% 14.50% -6.95% -14.69% 0.0
MCO debt 104.80% 118.34% 135.13% 119.22% 119.57% 115.57% 117.62% 121.57% 84.98% 97.60% 76.40% 70.71% 58.86% 51.39% 60.43% 0.0
MCO shares 2.57% 3.11% 3.37% 3.01% 3.48% 3.91% 4.30% 4.54% 5.33% 5.74% 6.30% 7.37% 8.17% 9.91% 11.56% 13.13%
MCO shares_calc 2.56% 3.09% 3.35% 2.99% 3.50% 3.91% 4.31% 4.55% 5.30% 5.67% 6.30% 7.37% 8.17% 9.91% 11.56% 13.13%
MCO capex 4.47% 4.58% 5.18% 2.24% 1.92% 1.43% 2.03% 2.16% 3.20% 2.55% 2.24% 1.42% 1.65% 2.97% 3.89% 5.05%
MCO depreciation 6.08% 6.30% 6.05% 4.13% 4.10% 4.14% 4.32% 3.76% 3.50% 3.24% 2.87% 3.14% 3.42% 3.46% 3.25% 3.56%
MCO inventoryTurnover 1.41% 1.69% 1.83% 1.61% 1.86% 2.07% 2.25% 2.38% 2.77% 2.87% 3.00% 3.36% 3.66% 4.38% 4.92% 5.56%
General notes:
Caution:: 0 value in revenue means we do not have data for the year for the ticker
0 value most likely means we had a data issue and could not find the field value in the particular year
StockMarketPrice is the price of the Stock in December first week for the year mentioned(typically)

4. Vertical Data, ratio wrt to ppnenet for MCO [show/hide charts] Current Market Price: 424.86 as of 2025-04-18
T means Trillions, B means Billions, M means Millions, all values are in USD(or company filed currency) if not specified as percent/number in the Entry column
Disclaimer: Data is provided as is, please do your due diligence before making any investments, Markets can be very volatile!
Ticker Entry 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
MCO StockMarketPrice
MCO revenue 1080.49% 981.09% 1089.24% 1791.93% 1932.01% 1653.77% 1388.44% 1293.57% 1108.98% 1138.73% 1102.98% 1066.56% 889.35% 699.60% 636.99%
MCO cash 367.07% 353.23% 352.39% 521.90% 934.17% 627.40% 526.56% 329.69% 631.23% 574.31% 403.41% 688.73% 571.79% 233.13% 206.77%
MCO ppnenet 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
MCO owner_earnings 350.76% 279.77% 203.59% 487.32% 679.50% 503.42% 387.69% 166.58% 321.78% 333.99% 285.68% 293.29% 232.44% 208.37% 166.46%
MCO cashflow::operating 432.62% 356.72% 293.63% 577.81% 771.94% 573.63% 456.56% 232.31% 387.38% 391.50% 336.95% 332.54% 268.11% 246.32% 204.70%
MCO grossincome 1080.49% 981.09% 1089.24% 1791.93% 1932.01% 1653.77% 1388.44% 1293.57% 1108.98% 1138.73% 1102.98% 1066.56% 889.35% 699.60% 636.99%
MCO marketcap 13053.05% 11737.34% 9972.72% 20333.82% 18912.41% 14685.02% 7941.00% 8131.45% 5131.81% 5905.16% 5984.62% 5473.82% 3198.27% 2010.43% 1656.79%
MCO ev 13818.30% 12545.13% 11092.24% 21948.23% 20288.31% 15968.92% 9047.56% 9374.38% 5443.04% 6442.28% 6423.85% 5539.23% 3149.93% 2136.81% 1834.97%
MCO ebitda 503.96% 416.25% 441.04% 893.66% 938.13% 752.74% 643.75% 608.92% 238.77% 518.30% 507.67% 476.50% 381.40% 296.63% 262.70%
MCO equity 568.14% 576.45% 535.66% 840.35% 634.17% 284.59% 205.00% -35.35% -316.09% -108.82% 14.19% 124.83% 128.99% -48.59% -93.54%
MCO debt 1132.32% 1161.03% 1471.91% 2136.31% 2310.07% 1911.30% 1633.12% 1572.62% 942.46% 1111.44% 842.64% 754.14% 523.45% 359.51% 384.95%
MCO shares 27.74% 30.51% 36.65% 53.89% 67.27% 64.73% 59.69% 58.77% 59.08% 65.36% 69.47% 78.58% 72.64% 69.33% 73.67%
MCO shares_calc 27.63% 30.35% 36.49% 53.57% 67.55% 64.66% 59.88% 58.80% 58.83% 64.61% 69.47% 78.58% 72.64% 69.33% 73.67%
MCO capex 48.32% 44.94% 56.37% 40.06% 37.05% 23.63% 28.25% 27.88% 35.45% 29.08% 24.68% 15.18% 14.66% 20.77% 24.76%
MCO depreciation 65.70% 61.86% 65.94% 74.06% 79.14% 68.49% 60.00% 48.62% 38.77% 36.93% 31.62% 33.51% 30.46% 24.23% 20.69%
MCO inventoryTurnover 15.24% 16.58% 19.92% 28.82% 35.97% 34.25% 31.25% 30.77% 30.77% 32.68% 33.08% 35.88% 32.57% 30.67% 31.35%
General notes:
Caution:: 0 value in revenue means we do not have data for the year for the ticker
0 value most likely means we had a data issue and could not find the field value in the particular year
StockMarketPrice is the price of the Stock in December first week for the year mentioned(typically)


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