Moody's Corporation

MCO Financial Financial Data & Stock Exchanges

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.

483.65 0.04 −0.01%
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
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 13.47
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 2 1 2 5 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
Insider Ownership 0.64%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 83,780.00
Revenue 8,160.00
Net Income 2,798.00
Free Cash Flow 2,967.00
Net Debt 5,450.00
Current Ratio 1.19
Debt/Equity 2.19
P/E ratio 30.57
Fwd P/E 28.70
P/S ratio 10.32 (above 10: high)
P/B ratio 26.60
Past 5Y EPS Growth 7.80%
This Y EPS Growth 13.08%
Next Y EPS Growth 11.99%
Next Y revenue growth 7.33%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 12.42%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 33.62%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 61.96%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 55.47%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.26
Annual Dividend Rate 4.03
Annual Dividend Yield 0.83%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 4.17
1.03
1.03
1.03
2025 3.76
0.94
0.94
0.94
0.94
2024 3.40
0.85
0.85
0.85
0.85
2023 3.08
0.77
0.77
0.77
0.77
2022 2.80
0.70
0.70
0.70
0.70
2021 2.48
0.62
0.62
0.62
0.62
2020 2.24
0.56
0.56
0.56
0.56
2019 2.00
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.50
2018 1.76
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
2017 1.90
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.38
2016 1.48
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 2,193 2,974 2,448 1,496
Receivables 1,659 1,801 2,024 1,919
Inventory — — — —
Other 489 515 714 567
4,341 5,290 5,186 3,982
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,076 1,344 1,304 1,086
ST’ Debt — 697 — 571
Other — — — —
2,500 3,597 2,981 3,345

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 8.28% 7.52% 12.17%
Cash Flow 9.25% 6.21% 25.32%
Earnings 10.08% 6.70% 21.41%
Book Value 0.00% 18.99% 16.07%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,079 2,185 — — —
’25 1,924 1,898 2,007 1,889 7,718
’24 1,786 1,817 1,813 1,672 7,088
’23 1,470 1,494 1,472 1,480 5,916
’22 1,522 1,381 1,275 1,290 5,468
’21 1,600 1,553 1,526 1,539 6,218
’20 1,290 1,435 1,356 1,290 5,371
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 939 779 — — —
’25 757 543 743 858 2,901
’24 775 686 703 674 2,838
’23 608 604 462 477 2,151
’22 470 291 336 377 1,474
’21 676 594 436 299 2,005
’20 345 632 511 658 2,146
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 844 688 — — —
’25 672 468 658 777 2,575
’24 697 593 631 600 2,521
’23 535 550 391 404 1,880
’22 411 217 265 298 1,191
’21 662 564 403 237 1,866
’20 324 591 490 638 2,043
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3.73 5.03 — — —
’25 3.46 3.21 3.60 3.41 13.67
’24 3.15 3.02 2.93 2.17 11.26
’23 2.72 2.05 2.11 1.85 8.73
’22 2.68 1.77 1.65 1.34 7.44
’21 3.90 3.07 2.53 2.28 11.78
’20 2.57 2.69 2.47 1.66 9.39
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.7
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 77.76 93.51 129.26 135.92 164.19 261.38 230.16 274.81 360.05 378.71

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 110.83 153.86 187.98 240.31 305.96 407.94 392.53 396.91 503.95 531.93
People
People Employees 10,600 12,000 13,000 11,000 11,490 13,460 14,426 15,151 15,838 16,076
Revenue/emp, $m 0.34 0.35 0.34 0.44 0.47 0.46 0.38 0.39 0.45 0.48
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 3,604 4,204 4,443 4,829 5,371 6,218 5,468 5,916 7,088 7,718
Gross margin, % 71.71 71.08 71.96 71.28 72.54 73.67 70.50 71.48 72.56 74.44
EBT 558 1,787 1,672 1,810 2,229 2,755 1,760 1,935 2,699 3,130
EBT margin, % 15.48 42.51 37.63 37.48 41.50 44.31 32.19 32.71 38.08 40.55
Net income 276 1,008 1,320 1,429 1,777 2,214 1,374 1,608 2,059 2,462
Depreciation 127 158 192 200 220 257 331 373 431 480
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 18.70 22.00 23.19 25.51 28.63 33.36 29.73 32.29 38.99 43.09
Earnings 1.38 5.24 6.84 7.51 9.48 11.88 7.47 8.77 11.32 13.73
Cash flow 6.53 3.95 7.63 8.85 11.44 10.76 8.02 11.74 15.61 16.20
Capex (0.60) (0.48) (0.47) (0.36) (0.55) (0.75) (1.54) (1.48) (1.74) (1.82)
Free cash flow 5.94 3.47 7.15 8.48 10.89 10.01 6.48 10.26 13.87 14.38
Book value (5.33) (0.60) 3.42 4.39 9.40 15.64 14.62 18.97 20.50 23.48
Shares, m 193 191 192 189 188 186 184 183 182 179
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 70.72 27.94 20.47 31.57 30.65 32.90 37.06 43.59 41.85 37.21
P/S 5.10 6.64 6.04 9.31 10.14 11.71 9.30 11.82 12.14 11.85
P/B 0.00 0.00 40.90 54.08 30.88 24.97 18.91 20.12 23.09 21.76
EV/Sales 5.42 7.65 6.91 10.08 10.85 12.61 10.33 12.65 12.77 12.53
EV/FCF 17.08 48.42 22.40 30.31 28.52 42.03 47.42 39.82 35.90 37.57
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,259 755 1,461 1,675 2,146 2,005 1,474 2,151 2,838 2,901
Capex (115) (91) (91) (69) (103) (139) (283) (271) (317) (326)
Free cash flow 1,144 664 1,370 1,606 2,043 1,866 1,191 1,880 2,521 2,575
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 825 517 1,288 1,767 2,287 1,515 1,719 1,841 1,693 2,205
Total debt 3,363 5,411 5,676 5,670 6,516 7,518 7,495 7,001 7,428 6,994
Net debt 1,138 4,227 3,858 3,740 3,820 5,616 5,636 4,808 4,454 4,546
Shareholders’ equity (1,027) (115) 656 831 1,763 2,916 2,689 3,476 3,727 4,205
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 5.11 14.38 14.46 14.37 15.68 16.35 9.47 11.09 13.66 15.69
ROIC 367.16 27.68 25.86 27.32 26.73 20.83 14.14 16.12 21.96 23.93
ROE (39.20) (175.28) 484.20 191.26 137.09 94.64 49.03 52.13 57.14 62.00
Negative figures in brackets.

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Charts ten years each

Moody's Corporation vs peers in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
SPGI S&P Global Inc. $125.2B 26.2× 25.0× +10.41% (above 0%: growing) +16.57% (above 0%: growing) +1.23% (above 0%: growing) 71.90% 43.70% Compare
CME CME Group Inc. $104.1B 24.7× 21.7× +0.84% (above 0%: growing) +2.85% (above 0%: growing) −11.21% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 64.89% Compare
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. $88.9B 22.7× 19.9× +4.84% (above 0%: growing) +14.09% (above 0%: growing) +29.65% (above 0%: growing) 98.61% 52.18% Compare
MCO Moody's Corporation $83.8B 30.6× 28.7× +15.12% (above 0%: growing) +56.52% (above 0%: growing) +47.01% (above 0%: growing) 76.29% 47.87%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. $52.3B 27.0× 26.1× +20.51% (above 0%: growing) +13.92% (above 0%: growing) −7.71% (below 0%: shrinking) 59.24% 28.12% Compare
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MSCI MSCI Inc $41.8B 31.1× 30.8× +12.20% (above 0%: growing) +19.90% (above 0%: growing) +8.19% (above 0%: growing) 82.71% 56.23% Compare
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. $32.2B 24.5× — +22.95% (above 0%: growing) +50.67% (above 0%: growing) −270.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 50.71% 32.99% Compare
TRU TransUnion $14.2B 19.3× 17.1× +14.91% (above 0%: growing) +33.93% (above 0%: growing) +42.65% (above 0%: growing) 58.41% 19.70% Compare
Median of peers $50.4B 24.7× 25.0× +11.31% +16.57% +4.71% 77.31% 38.35%

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MCO metrics, ten years each

Moody's Corporation (MCO) key facts

  • Strength: Moody's Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.7 billion, up 8.89% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $2.5 billion, or $13.73 per share (basic), a net margin of 31.9%.
  • Moody's Corporation (MCO) is a Financial Data & Stock Exchanges company in the Financial sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, MCO traded at $483.65, a market capitalization of $83.8 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 30.6× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 10.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 34% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Moody's Corporation pays an annual dividend of $4.03 per share, a yield of 0.83%, with a payout ratio of 25.6%.
  • Return on equity was 62.0% and debt-to-equity 2.19.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 9 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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