Retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations
Moody's Retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations decreased by 3.2% to $209.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 6.6%, from $196.00M to $209.00M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations shows a downward trend with a -2.4% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase suggests rising long-term benefit obligations or lower plan asset performance, while a decrease indicates reduced future liability or improved funding status.
Detailed definition
This represents the long-term financial obligations a company expects to pay to retired employees for pension benefits a...
Peer comparison
Standard across capital-intensive industries with legacy workforces; peers often disclose this as part of net periodic benefit cost.
non_current_liabilities_pension_and_other_postretirement_0d4947Historical 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 | $211.00M | $204.00M | $235.00M | $230.00M | $213.00M | $212.00M | $189.00M | $195.00M | $195.00M | $180.00M | $190.00M | $193.00M | $191.00M | $199.00M | $195.00M | $196.00M | $204.00M | $208.00M | $216.00M | $209.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | -3.3% | +15.2% | -2.1% | -7.4% | -0.5% | -10.8% | +3.2% | +0.0% | -7.7% | +5.6% | +1.6% | -1.0% | +4.2% | -2.0% | +0.5% | +4.1% | +2.0% | +3.8% | -3.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +0.9% | +3.9% | -19.6% | -15.2% | -8.5% | -15.1% | +0.5% | -1.0% | -2.1% | +10.6% | +2.6% | +1.6% | +6.8% | +4.5% | +10.8% | +6.6% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Moody's's retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations?
- Moody's (MCO) reported retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations of $209.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Moody's's retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations changed year-over-year?
- Moody's's retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations increased by 6.6% year-over-year, from $196.00M to $209.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Moody's's retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Moody's's retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations has grown at a -2.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $244.00M to $216.00M.
- What does retirement and nonpension postretirement benefit obligations mean?
- The estimated long-term cost of providing pension and healthcare benefits to retired employees.