Moody's Corporation

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Moody's Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.7 billion, up 8.89% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+0.80%
EPS
+17.7%
Free cash flow
+1.52%
Total debt
−1.03%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

507.54 7.80 −1.51%
Market cap
$88.8B
P/E
31.3×
Fwd P/E
30.3×
Dividend yield
0.78%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Moody's Corporation (MCO) Return on equity

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Moody's Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 76.6%, up 14.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (62.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −649.0% (fiscal 2015) to 484.2% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 17.0% and above the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 62.0% 4.86
FY2024 57.1% 5.01
FY2023 52.1% 3.10
FY2022 49.0% (45.61)
FY2021 94.6% (42.45)
FY2020 137.1% (54.17)
FY2019 191.3% (292.94)
FY2018 484.2% 659.48
FY2017 −175.3% (136.08)
FY2016 −39.2% 609.75

Against its own ten years

Low −649.0% High 484.2%
Ten-year median 57.1%
Current reading's percentile 64

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
MCO Moody's Corporation 76.6%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 27.3%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. compare 18.8%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. compare 17.3%
TRU TransUnion compare 16.7%
CME CME Group Inc. compare 16.1%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 14.2%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare −4.68%
MSCI MSCI Inc compare −56.1%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 17.0%
Financial sector median 9.01%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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