MOODY ELECTRIC history

Moody established an eponymous business (John Moody & Company) and published the first issue of Moody's Manual in 1900.

By 1903 both Moody's Manual and Moody Publishing Company, as the firm was now called, had national reputations.

1907: The stock market collapse causes Moody to sell his assets, including the Manual.

By 1913 Moody extended his expertise from railroads to general financial ratings.

His ratings were sought out by investors and Moody responded with a new company, Moody's Investors Service, incorporated in July 1914.

1958: John Moody dies.

1962: Moody's is bought by Dun & Bradstreet Corporation.

In January 1996 D&B announced its intention to divide into three public companies to better serve its shareholders and market segments.

2000: Moody's Investors Service is spun off from Dun & Bradstreet and becomes a public company.

While this gave some ammunition to those who believed Moody's wielded too much power in the industry, the company finished the year with $602.3 million and then for its first complete year as a stand-alone company (2001) raked in $797 million in revenues and $212 million in net income.

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