MCO fell 2.2% on Tuesday to close at $474, giving back most of the post-earnings bounce and widening its underperformance gap against a peer group that added a median 1.8% on the week. Short interest has climbed steadily since the Q3 print on October 21. Shorts now hold 3.16 million shares, equal to 1.77% of the free float. That is up 8.4% over the past week and 24% over the past…
MCO put/call ratio plunges to 0.70, nearly 4 standard deviations below its 20-day average of 1.02, signaling aggressive call buying ahead of earnings today.
Key data as of 3 Nov 2026
MCO put/call ratio plunges to 0.70, nearly 4 standard deviations below its 20-day average of 1.02, signaling aggressive call buying ahead of earnings today.
MCO heads into its October 20 earnings release with analysts pulling targets lower across the board, even as the stock has recovered to within striking distance of the most cautious Street estimates. The target-cutting…
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