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Moody's MCO Operating margin

Operating margin at other companies

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S&P GlobalSPGI
43.9%+4.0pp
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Fair IsaacFICO
50.4%+6.2pp
MicroStrategy logo
MicroStrategyMSTR
518.9%

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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Gross margin74.4%+1.7pp
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 operating margin?
Moody's (MCO) reported operating margin of 43.5% in Q1 2026.
How has Moody's's operating margin changed year-over-year?
Moody's's operating margin increased by 7.7% year-over-year, from 40.4% to 43.5%.
What is the long-term trend for Moody's's operating margin?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Moody's's operating margin has grown at a -2.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 186.1% to 166.3%.
What does operating margin mean?
The profit left from core operations for every dollar of sales, before interest and taxes.
How do you interpret operating margin?
Expanding operating margin shows operating leverage — revenue growing faster than the cost base. Compression points to rising overhead, pricing pressure, or investment ahead of revenue.
How does operating margin compare across companies?
Strong cross-company signal within a sector. Capital-light businesses sustain higher operating margins than capital-intensive ones.