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Buy AI infrastructure/security names on agentic pivot

Rating agencies will remain durable franchises.

Moody's and S&P immune to AI disruption

Reuters analysis reports that hackers recently targeted Blackstone, Moody's.

Management cites Moody's independent analysis to frame wildfire risk as a broad economic issue for California, not just a utility problem.

Management raised EPS guidance midpoint, increased share repurchase outlook, and maintained revenue guidance despite a mix shift, indicating confidence in operating leverage and demand durability.

Watch these financial services beneficiaries of the GAI buildout; no author position disclosed.

Watch as beneficiaries of AI infrastructure financing.

Moody's oligopoly thrives on global debt

Watch Moody's as a low-to-medium positive beneficiary.

The author expresses a positive view on MCOs (Moody's Corporation) but the tweet is too brief.

The author implies that non-AI names are broken and will be crushed to zero multiples.

The author expresses frustration with market valuations and poses a rhetorical question about.

The author poses a rhetorical question about valuation multiples for non-AI names versus.

Moody's has set conditions for improving Sempra's credit thresholds, including progressing on construction milestones post-close of the Sempra Infrastructure sale.

Eversource discusses its FFO-to-debt metrics as calculated by S&P and Moody's, indicating a focus on maintaining credit strength.

The tweet argues that Anthropic's Claude targeting FactSet's business is a long-term.

Long a basket of data/payments giants that offer double-digit IRRs, wide moats.

Management expresses confidence in underlying demand and margin expansion, raising buyback guidance, though cautioning that extended volatility could moderate second-half issuance growth.

MSCI launched as many new products in Q1 2026 as in all of FY2025, signaling a sharp acceleration in product velocity. — Rapid product expansion likely increases MSCI's competitive moat and creates cross-sell opportunities, potentially pressuring peers like FactSet and benefitting ecosystem partners like ICE and Moody's.

The author is seeking to accumulate high-quality.

Moody's operates as a duopoly (with S&P) controlling 80% of the credit rating market, boasting 51% operating margins. The stock is down ~22% YTD due to fears that AI will disrupt its analytics business (40% of revenue). The core ratings business (60% of revenue) is a regulatory "toll bridge" that is legally mandated and unlikely to be disrupted by AI. The sell-off provides a rare entry point into a high-quality compounder, even if the P/E remains elevated at ~34x. LONG (Quality Compounder). Valuation compression (trading at 34x P/E); regulatory changes; cyclical downturn in bond issuance volumes; AI successfully eroding the analytics moat.

Management expresses strong conviction in the business's resilience and growth trajectory, supported by record 2025 results and margin expansion guidance.

Kimco's A3 rating from Moody's signals a strong balance sheet and lower credit risk, which is a positive but expected development for the rating agency's business.

Reports that Chris Hohn's TCI fund holds 22% of portfolio in Moody's (MCO) and S&P Global.

Reports Chris Hohn long SPGI and MCO

Author argues MCO had a large multiple and faces material disruption risk over the next few.

Re-short MCO above 40x earnings multiple; AI disruption of credit rating agencies poses.

Moody's is a new Data360 customer, driving adoption in the financial services sector.

MSCI is integrating Moody's credit risk models to enhance its private credit transparency and assessment tools, expanding its product suite for a fast-growing asset class.