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Moody's Corporation

MCO position long Harvey Sawikin

Thesis

Moody's is trading at a reasonable valuation with a strong pricing power, expecting to raise prices by 3%-4% annually. With modest leverage and high operating margins, the company is positioned for steady revenue growth, making it an attractive long-term investment with potential for a 13% IRR.

Did it work?

inconclusive confidence: low

The pitch is a long-horizon compounding thesis (13% IRR) built on qualitative factors—pricing power, high margins, modest leverage—rather than a discrete catalyst, and no price performance or elapsed time is provided. With no return data and no way to verify whether the projected pricing increases, margin profile, or IRR materialized, there is nothing to confirm or invalidate the thesis. The outcome remains undetermined.