Moody’s Corporation (MCO) Q3 EPS Tops Analyst Estimates

Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO) released its earnings report for the three months through September this wronging before the market opened in New York.  The ratings agency showed earnings of $0.83 per share for the three month period on revenue totaling $705.5 million. On Thursday's market shares in Moody's rose by close to 2% and finished the day's trading at $73.20.

In the run up to the release of these earnings numbers analysts following Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO) to show earnings of 81 cents per share for the third quarter of the year. The company was expected...