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Moody's MCO Gross margin

Gross margin at other companies

S&P Global logo
S&P GlobalSPGI
70.5%+0.9pp
Fair Isaac logo
Fair IsaacFICO
84.2%+3.3pp
MicroStrategy logo
MicroStrategyMSTR
72%-3.6pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.1B+8.1%
Gross profit$1.5B+8.0%
Operating income$922.0M+9.0%
Net income$661.0M+5.8%
EPS (diluted)$3.73+7.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.5B-31.3%
Total debt$7.3B+2.5%
Total equity$3.0B-19.1%
Total assets$14.7B-2.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$939.0M+24.0%
CapEx$95.0M+11.8%
Free cash flow$844.0M+25.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$79.69B-7.3%
Enterprise value$85.53B-5.9%
P/E31.9×-8.9×
P/S10.1×-1.8×

Profitability

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Operating margin43.5%+3.1pp
Net margin31.7%+2.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity74.5%+16.6pp
Debt / equity2.4×+0.5×
Current ratio1.2×-0.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Moody's’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Moody's’s 10-Q, filed April 23, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Moody's's gross margin?
Moody's (MCO) reported gross margin of 74.4% in Q1 2026.
How has Moody's's gross margin changed year-over-year?
Moody's's gross margin increased by 2.3% year-over-year, from 72.8% to 74.4%.
What is the long-term trend for Moody's's gross margin?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Moody's's gross margin has grown at a -0.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 294.2% to 293.7%.
What does gross margin mean?
How much of every sales dollar is left after the direct cost of what was sold.
How do you interpret gross margin?
Higher and stable gross margins indicate pricing power and a durable cost structure. A declining trend signals input-cost pressure, pricing competition, or a shift toward lower-margin products.
How does gross margin compare across companies?
Highly comparable within an industry, less so across industries — software runs 70%+ while distributors run in single digits. Track the trend more than the absolute level across sectors.