Moody's Ownership | Who Owns Moody's?

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Moody's Ownership Summary

Moody's is owned by 90.92% institutional investors, 13.87% insiders. Berkshire hathaway is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 13.71% of MCO shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.72% of its assets in Moody's shares.

MCO Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Moody's	90.92%	13.87%	-4.79%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	51.64%	15.54%	32.82%
Industry	Financial Data & Stock Exchanges Stocks	76.20%	16.16%	7.64%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Berkshire hathaway	24.67M	13.71%	$12.37B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	15.11M	8.40%	$7.58B
Vanguard group	14.70M	8.09%	$6.96B
Tci fund management	13.25M	7.36%	$6.64B
Blackrock	13.19M	7.22%	$5.55B
State street	7.21M	3.97%	$3.41B
Fmr	6.10M	3.36%	$2.89B
Morgan stanley	3.71M	2.03%	$1.56B
Geode capital management	3.68M	2.03%	$1.74B
Bank of new york mellon	2.81M	1.55%	$1.33B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Rings capital management	120.00K	29.11%	$60.19M
Brx global lp	59.74K	20.66%	$27.82M
Valley forge capital management, lp	1.31M	14.56%	$659.16M
Tci fund management	13.25M	13.10%	$6.64B
Bluegrass capital partners lp	36.00K	12.52%	$18.06M
Akre capital management	2.31M	11.32%	$1.16B
Square wave partners	24.74K	11.29%	$11.71M
Rothschild & co wealth management uk	1.08M	9.00%	$512.70M
Gfi investment counsel	161.06K	8.80%	$80.79M
Altarock partners	952.25K	8.72%	$477.64M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	2.09M	0.13%	2.09M
Generation investment management llp	271.07K	0.86%	271.07K
Ubs asset management americas	1.59M	0.18%	220.68K
Ubs group	655.11K	0.06%	170.84K
Millennium management	178.65K	0.04%	158.70K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Baillie gifford	808.97K	0.29%	-1.24M
Veritas asset management llp	-	-	-935.91K
Fmr	6.10M	0.17%	-478.50K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	15.11M	0.14%	-434.78K
Jpmorgan chase	1.27M	0.04%	-346.67K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	2.09M	0.13%	2.09M	$988.75M
Generation investment management llp	271.07K	0.86%	271.07K	$135.97M
Candlestick capital management lp	82.20K	0.79%	82.20K	$41.23M
Prana capital management, lp	81.04K	1.45%	81.04K	$40.65M
Holocene advisors, lp	64.49K	0.08%	64.49K	$32.35M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Sittner & nelson	-1.00
Concord wealth partners	-1.00
Mine & arao wealth creation & management, llc.	-1.00
Country trust bank	-1.00
Redwood wealth management group	-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2025	1,348	1.35%	163,561,928	0.26%	90	1.11%	653	-1.06%	442	5.49%
Mar 31, 2025	34	-97.42%	28,401,060	-82.63%	15	0.19%	13	-97.88%	11	-97.49%
Dec 31, 2024	1,269	4.27%	162,882,922	0.66%	89	1.13%	582	1.75%	432	11.34%
Sep 30, 2024	1,206	3.08%	161,728,328	-2.65%	89	1.07%	568	9.02%	384	-1.29%
Jun 30, 2024	1,151	0.52%	166,731,986	1.74%	91	1.13%	512	-1.73%	384	-3.27%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	4.90M	2.72%	-10.04K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	4.80M	2.68%	-112.87K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	3.83M	2.14%	-560.95K
Akre Focus Instl	2.40M	1.34%	-424.50K
Fidelity 500 Index	1.96M	1.09%	7.36K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	1.93M	1.07%	-40.38K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	1.88M	1.05%	-7.83K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	1.87M	1.04%	-9.83K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	1.85M	1.03%	8.37K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	1.67M	0.93%	6.48K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Sep 02, 2025	Fauber Robert	President and CEO	Sell	$208.88K
Aug 15, 2025	Fauber Robert	President and CEO	Sell	$216.40K
Aug 04, 2025	Tulenko Stephen T	President, Moody's Analytics	Sell	$155.69K
Aug 01, 2025	Fauber Robert	President and CEO	Sell	$211.73K
Jul 30, 2025	Tulenko Stephen T	President, Moody's Analytics	Sell	$249.79

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q3	-	16
2025 Q2	-	6
2025 Q1	-	9
2024 Q4	-	9
2024 Q3	-	9

MCO Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Moody's?

Moody's shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 90.92%, followed by 13.87% insiders and -4.79% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Moody's's industry, Financial Data & Stock Exchanges Stocks, is 76.20%, which Moody's exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Moody's?

Moody's’s largest shareholders are Berkshire hathaway (24.67M shares, 13.71%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (15.11M shares, 8.40%), and Vanguard group (14.7M shares, 8.09%). Together, they hold 30.20% of Moody's’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Moody's?

Yes, BlackRock owns 7.22% of Moody's, totaling 13.19M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.13% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 5.55B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -132K shares, a -0.99% change.

Who is Moody's’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Rings capital management is Moody's’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 29.11% of its assets in 120K Moody's shares, valued at 60.19M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Moody's shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Moody's shares, with 2.72% of its total shares outstanding invested in 4.9M Moody's shares.

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