Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. MCO scored 76.0, TRU scored 83.0 — TRU leads.
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Different reporting periods. MCO's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but TRU's are as of March 2026 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
MCO
Moody's Corporation
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · Financial strength
58.9Fin
$464.23 · $80.4B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
4.7
MCO leads
TRU
TransUnion
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · Financial strength
54.2Fin
$65.48 · $12.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestTRU17.1x
Fastest growthMCO+11.7%
Strongest balance sheetTRU1.13
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
MCO
TRU
$3.0bB
FCF
$697mC+
+11.7%B
Rev
+11.0%B
2.41C
D/E
1.13C+
29.5xD
P/E
17.1xC+
1.60C+
PEG
0.90B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
MCOMoody's Corporation
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · $464.23 · beta 1.35
Why now
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · market cap $80.4b. 15% off the 52-week high of $546.88. Revenue growing +12%, comfortably above the S&P median. 21 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $560.38 (implying +21% upside).
Moat
Net margin 34% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 92% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 106% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
D/E 2.41 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer.
TRUTransUnion
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · $65.48 · beta 1.58
Why now
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · market cap $12.5b. Down 27% from 52-week high of $89.12 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.90 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 21 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $92.24 (implying +41% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 15% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 99% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Beta 1.58 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is TRU or MCO the better stock?
TRU scores higher: TRU 83.0, MCO 76.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are TRU and MCO scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.