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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 15.1%, EPS grew 56.5%, free cash flow grew 47.0% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for three, operating cash flow growth for three.

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Market cap
$83.8B
P/E
30.6×
Fwd P/E
28.7×
Dividend yield
0.83%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
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Dividend safety
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Moody's Corporation (MCO) Return on equity

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Moody's Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 76.9%, up 14.8 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 15.1% and above the Financial sector median of 8.89%.

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 76.9%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 26.2%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. compare 16.5%
CME CME Group Inc. compare 15.8%
TRU TransUnion compare 15.3%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. compare 15.1%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 13.9%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare −7.85%
MSCI MSCI Inc compare −76.0%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 15.1%
Financial sector median 8.89%
Market median 1.35%

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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