Moody's Shares Drop 0.93% as $210M Trading Volume Slips to 466th

Moody's (MCO) closed on August 15, 2025, with a 0.93% decline, while its trading volume of $0.21 billion marked a 23.28% drop from the previous day, ranking it 466th in the market.

A relevant development involves CTBC Financial Holdings, whose U.S. operations received A2/Prime-1 deposit ratings from Moody's in 2023. This rating underscores CTBC's conservative risk management practices and its ability to leverage resources from its parent company, which holds over $290 billion in assets. The recognition highlights Moody's role in assessing institutional resilience, though it does not directly influence Moody's own stock performance.

A backtesting analysis of a strategy involving the top 500 stocks by daily trading volume from 2022 to the present showed moderate returns. The total profit amounted to $10,720, with the cumulative return reaching 1.08 times the initial investment. The results emphasize the volatility of volume-driven trading but do not reflect Moody's specific market dynamics.