Moody's MCO Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 74.4%+1.7pp | 74.4%+1.9pp | 73.8%+0.9pp | 72.8%-0.2pp | 72.8%+0.4pp | |
| Operating margin | 43.5%+3.1pp | 43.4%+2.9pp | 41.9%+1.1pp | 40.6%+0.7pp | 40.4%+2.2pp | |
| Net margin | 31.7%+2.5pp | 31.9%+2.8pp | 29.9%+0.9pp | 29.2%+0.8pp | 29.1%+2.1pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 74.5%+16.6pp | 64.5%+4.7pp | 57.1%+0.6pp | 55.2%+1.5pp | 57.9%+5.8pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 30.6%+4.4pp | 29.4%+4.4pp | 26%+1.6pp | 25.8%+2.0pp | 26.1%+4.6pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×0.0× | 0.5×+0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.2×-0.4× | 1.7×+0.3× | 1.8×+0.2× | 1.8×+0.2× | 1.6×+0.1× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 2.4×+0.5× | 1.8×-0.4× | 1.9×-0.2× | 1.8×-0.1× | 1.9×-0.1× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.5×0.0× | 1.3×-0.3× | 1.4×-0.2× | 1.5×-0.1× | 1.5×-0.3× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $16.89-17.5% | $22.53+15.5% | $22.03+3.0% | $21.91+6.2% | $20.48+5.0% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $77.65B-7.3% | $91.14B+6.2% | $85.46B-1.2% | $87.99B+14.5% | $83.77B+16.7% | |
| Price / earnings | 31.1×-8.7× | 37.1×-4.6× | 38.1×-5.1× | 41.3×-0.1× | 39.8×-2.9× | |
| Price / sales | 9.9×-1.7× | 11.8×-0.3× | 11.4×-1.2× | 12×+0.3× | 11.6×+0.1× | |
| Price / book | 25.9×+3.3× | 22.5×-1.6× | 21.6×-0.6× | 22.3×+1.9× | 22.6×+2.6× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.3×-5.1× | 25.1×-2.5× | 25.1×-3.3× | 27.2×+0.2× | 26.4×-1.3× | |
| Dividend yield | 0.9%+0.1pp | 0.8%0.0pp | 0.8%+0.1pp | 0.8%0.0pp | 0.8%0.0pp |
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- What are Moody's's profit margins?
- Moody's (MCO) runs a 74.4% gross margin and a 43.5% operating margin, with a 31.7% net margin.
- Where do Moody's's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Moody's's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
