Moodys (MCO) Acquisitions (2009 - 2026)

Moodys (MCO) reported Acquisitions of $23.0 million for Q1 2026, down 89.69% year-over-year from $223.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 475.0% quarter-over-quarter from $4.0 million in Q3 2025.

Moodys (MCO) Acquisitions (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Moodys (MCO) has 17 years of Acquisitions data on file, last reported at $23.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Acquisitions for Q1 2026 came in at $23.0 million, down 89.69% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $27.0 million (down 93.75% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $227.0 million, up 2.71% from the prior year.
  • Acquisitions improved to $23.0 million in Q1 2026 per MCO's latest filing, from $4.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Acquisitions peaked at $223.0 million in Q1 2025 and troughed at $3.0 million in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $57.1 million and a median of $17.5 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Acquisitions.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Acquisitions tumbled 99.74% in 2022, then surged 1758.33% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Acquisitions shows it stood at $5.0 million in 2022, then plunged by 40.0% to $3.0 million in 2023, then surged by 3600.0% to $111.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 96.4% to $4.0 million in 2025, then surged by 475.0% to $23.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MCO's Acquisitions at $23.0 million in Q1 2026, $4.0 million in Q3 2025, and $223.0 million in Q1 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Acquisitions (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 122.27 Bn 125.38 Bn 2.94 Bn 12.00 Mn
2 Cme 88.49 Bn 88.49 Bn 1.83 Bn -
3 Moodys 79.74 Bn 78.38 Bn 1.55 Bn 23.00 Mn
4 Intercontinental Exchange 76.18 Bn 74.71 Bn - -
5 Nasdaq 46.59 Bn 45.91 Bn 1.41 Bn -
6 Coinbase Global 43.23 Bn 42.70 Bn 1.33 Bn 22.09 Mn
7 Msci 42.63 Bn 42.25 Bn 765.10 Mn 41.70 Mn
8 Cboe Global Markets 26.37 Bn 24.20 Bn 728.90 Mn -
9 TransUnion 12.50 Bn 11.93 Bn 726.20 Mn 578.60 Mn
10 Factset Research Systems 8.21 Bn 7.92 Bn 314.28 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 23.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 4.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 223.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 111.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 98.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 12.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 3.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 5.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 9.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 83.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 153.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 1.89 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 138.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 198.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 1.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 2.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 696.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 41.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 84.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 37.00 Mn