Moody's Deferred costs increased by 5.5% to $267.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 19.2%, from $224.00M to $267.00M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Deferred costs shows an upward trend with a 13.6% CAGR.
An increase indicates a growing pipeline of long-term contracts, while a decrease may signal shorter contract durations or reduced acquisition spending.
This represents the portion of incremental contract acquisition costs that will be amortized over a period exceeding one...
Standard in SaaS companies, often grouped with other long-term deferred assets.
non_current_assets_capitalized_contract_cost_net_noncurrent| 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 | $142.00M | $137.00M | $138.00M | $152.00M | $145.00M | $143.00M | $171.00M | $181.00M | $176.00M | $178.00M | $196.00M | $202.00M | $198.00M | $202.00M | $214.00M | $224.00M | $226.00M | $226.00M | $253.00M | $267.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -3.5% | +0.7% | +10.1% | -4.6% | -1.4% | +19.6% | +5.8% | -2.8% | +1.1% | +10.1% | +3.1% | -2.0% | +2.0% | +5.9% | +4.7% | +0.9% | +0.0% | +11.9% | +5.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +2.1% | +4.4% | +23.9% | +19.1% | +21.4% | +24.5% | +14.6% | +11.6% | +12.5% | +13.5% | +9.2% | +10.9% | +14.1% | +11.9% | +18.2% | +19.2% |