Moody's Corporation MCO

468.70 1.35 0.29% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$80.9B
P/E
29.6×
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Moody's Corporation (MCO) Free cash flow margin

Moody's Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 36.4%, up 3.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (33.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.8% (fiscal 2017) to 38.0% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 29.1% and above the Financial sector median of 15.6%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 33.4% (2.21)
FY2024 35.6% 3.79
FY2023 31.8% 10.00
FY2022 21.8% (8.23)
FY2021 30.0% (8.03)
FY2020 38.0% 4.78
FY2019 33.3% 2.42
FY2018 30.8% 15.05
FY2017 15.8% (15.95)
FY2016 31.7% (0.09)

Against its own ten years

Low 15.8% High 38.0%
Ten-year median 31.8%
Current reading's percentile 82

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
CME CME Group Inc. compare 62.2%
MSCI MSCI Inc compare 44.8%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 44.0%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 37.0%
MCO Moody's Corporation 36.4%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. compare 34.6%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare 23.0%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. compare 22.3%
TRU TransUnion compare 16.1%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 29.1%
Financial sector median 15.6%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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