Transaction Revenue — Revenue recognized
Moody's Transaction Revenue — Revenue recognized increased by 29.5% to $807.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 4.9%, from $769.00M to $807.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Transaction Revenue — Revenue recognized shows relatively stable performance with a 0.6% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase indicates higher debt market activity and strong demand for credit ratings, while a decrease suggests a slowdown in corporate or public debt issuance.
Detailed definition
This metric represents the total revenue generated from credit rating assignments and related services that are triggere...
Peer comparison
Comparable to transaction-based underwriting or advisory fees at investment banks and other credit rating agencies like S&P Global.
mco_segment_transaction_revenue_revenue_recognizedHistorical 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 | $724.00M | $667.00M | $631.00M | $573.00M | $454.00M | $334.00M | $321.00M | $476.00M | $490.00M | $436.00M | $424.00M | $719.00M | $731.00M | $701.00M | $527.00M | $769.00M | $699.00M | $787.00M | $623.00M | $807.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -7.9% | -5.4% | -9.2% | -20.8% | -26.4% | -3.9% | +48.3% | +2.9% | -11.0% | -2.8% | +69.6% | +1.7% | -4.1% | -24.8% | +45.9% | -9.1% | +12.6% | -20.8% | +29.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -37.3% | -49.9% | -49.1% | -16.9% | +7.9% | +30.5% | +32.1% | +51.1% | +49.2% | +60.8% | +24.3% | +7.0% | -4.4% | +12.3% | +18.2% | +4.9% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Moody's's transaction revenue — revenue recognized?
- Moody's (MCO) reported transaction revenue — revenue recognized of $807.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Moody's's transaction revenue — revenue recognized changed year-over-year?
- Moody's's transaction revenue — revenue recognized increased by 4.9% year-over-year, from $769.00M to $807.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Moody's's transaction revenue — revenue recognized?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Moody's's transaction revenue — revenue recognized has grown at a 0.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $2.81B to $2.88B.
- What does transaction revenue — revenue recognized mean?
- Revenue earned from fees charged for specific credit rating services on new debt issuances.