Qualivian Investment Partners, an investment partnership focused on long-only public equities, released its Q3 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund outperformed the iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (QUAL) by 69.2% and 61.3% on a gross and net basis, since inception through September 30, 2025. It also exceeded the S&P 500 by 32.7% and 26.1% respectively, on a gross and net basis. In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2025.
In its third-quarter 2025 investor letter, Qualivian Investment Partners highlighted stocks such as Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO). Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) is a leading integrated risk assessment firm. The one-month return of Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) was 5.22%, and its shares gained 6.38% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On December 22, 2025, Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) stock closed at $509.65 per share, with a market capitalization of $91.642 billion.
Qualivian Investment Partners stated the following regarding Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) in its third quarter 2025 investor letter:
“Our bottom 3 contributors in the quarter were Brown and Brown, Watsco, and Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO). Moody’s (MCO) reported a very strong quarter with adjusted EPS of $3.92, beating expectations by nearly 7%, and record total revenue of $2.01 billion, up 11% year-over-year. Management delivered an impressive 500 bp improvement in adjusted operating margins to 53%, largely on the strength of strong issuance activity across its higher margin Moody’s Investor Service (MIS) segment.”
Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. According to our database, 87 hedge fund portfolios held Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) at the end of the third quarter, up from 82 in the previous quarter. In Q3 2025, Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) surpassed $2 billion quarterly revenue for the first time, which was up 11% from Q3 2024. While we acknowledge the potential of Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you’re looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock.
In another article, we covered Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) and shared the list of best financial sector dividend stocks to buy. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q3 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
