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Moody's MCO Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin74.4%+1.7pp74.4%+1.9pp73.8%+0.9pp72.8%-0.2pp72.8%+0.4pp
Operating margin43.5%+3.1pp43.4%+2.9pp41.9%+1.1pp40.6%+0.7pp40.4%+2.2pp
Net margin31.7%+2.5pp31.9%+2.8pp29.9%+0.9pp29.2%+0.8pp29.1%+2.1pp
EBITDA margin49.7%+3.2pp49.6%+3.0pp48.1%+1.3pp46.8%+0.8pp46.6%+2.1pp
Free cash flow margin34.9%+0.3pp33.4%-2.2pp32%-1.7pp32.4%+0.6pp34.5%+1.8pp
Returns
Return on equity74.5%+16.6pp64.5%+4.7pp57.1%+0.6pp55.2%+1.5pp57.9%+5.8pp
Return on assets16.7%+2.7pp15.7%+2.0pp14.4%+1.0pp14%+1.5pp14%+2.7pp
Return on invested capital30.6%+4.4pp29.4%+4.4pp26%+1.6pp25.8%+2.0pp26.1%+4.6pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×+0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.2×-0.4×1.7×+0.3×1.8×+0.2×1.8×+0.2×1.6×+0.1×
Quick ratio1.2×-0.4×1.7×+0.3×1.8×+0.2×1.8×+0.2×1.6×+0.1×
Cash ratio0.4×-0.3×0.8×+0.1×0.9×+0.1×0.8×0.0×0.7×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity2.4×+0.5×1.8×-0.4×1.9×-0.2×1.8×-0.1×1.9×-0.1×
Debt-to-assets0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×0.5×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA1.5×0.0×1.3×-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%
Enterprise value$83.5B-5.9%$96.1B+5.5%$90.64B-1.3%$93.1B+14.2%$88.77B+15.9%
Price / earnings31.1×-8.7×37.1×-4.6×38.1×-5.1×41.3×-0.1×39.8×-2.9×
Price / sales9.9×-1.7×11.8×-0.3×11.4×-1.2×12×+0.3×11.6×+0.1×
Price / book25.9×+3.3×22.5×-1.6×21.6×-0.6×22.3×+1.9×22.6×+2.6×
EV / EBITDA21.3×-5.1×25.1×-2.5×25.1×-3.3×27.2×+0.2×26.4×-1.3×
EV / sales10.6×-1.7×12.5×-0.4×12.1×-1.2×12.7×+0.3×12.3×0.0×
Free cash flow yield3.5%+0.6pp2.8%-0.1pp2.8%+0.1pp2.7%0.0pp3%+0.1pp
Earnings yield3.2%+0.7pp2.7%+0.3pp2.6%+0.3pp2.4%0.0pp2.5%+0.2pp
Dividend yield0.9%+0.1pp0.8%0.0pp0.8%+0.1pp0.8%0.0pp0.8%0.0pp
PEG ratio1.7×+0.1×1.9×+0.4×3.2×+1.8×2.8×+1.4×1.6×-0.3×

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Questions, answered.

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.