Moodys Investors Service — Contract with Customer, Liability
Moody's Moodys Investors Service — Contract with Customer, Liability increased by 36.3% to $368.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 2.2%, from $360.00M to $368.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Moodys Investors Service — Contract with Customer, Liability shows relatively stable performance with a -1.7% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase indicates strong future demand and pre-paid service commitments, providing a buffer for future revenue.
Detailed definition
This represents deferred revenue or contract liabilities within the credit ratings segment, arising when the company rec...
Peer comparison
Standard deferred revenue metric found in subscription-based or service-based business models.
mco_segment_mis_contract_with_customer_liabilityHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $368.00M | $333.00M | $296.00M | $377.00M | $347.00M | $314.00M | $278.00M | $360.00M | $336.00M | $303.00M | $270.00M | $361.00M | $336.00M | $312.00M | $268.00M | $360.00M | $350.00M | $313.00M | $270.00M | $368.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -9.5% | -11.1% | +27.4% | -8.0% | -9.5% | -11.5% | +29.5% | -6.7% | -9.8% | -10.9% | +33.7% | -6.9% | -7.1% | -14.1% | +34.3% | -2.8% | -10.6% | -13.7% | +36.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -5.7% | -5.7% | -6.1% | -4.5% | -3.2% | -3.5% | -2.9% | +0.3% | +0.0% | +3.0% | -0.7% | -0.3% | +4.2% | +0.3% | +0.7% | +2.2% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Moody's's moodys investors service — contract with customer, liability?
- Moody's (MCO) reported moodys investors service — contract with customer, liability of $368.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Moody's's moodys investors service — contract with customer, liability changed year-over-year?
- Moody's's moodys investors service — contract with customer, liability increased by 2.2% year-over-year, from $360.00M to $368.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Moody's's moodys investors service — contract with customer, liability?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Moody's's moodys investors service — contract with customer, liability has grown at a -1.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.39B to $1.29B.
- What does moodys investors service — contract with customer, liability mean?
- Payments received from customers for services that have not yet been performed.