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Moodys (MCO) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2025)

Moodys (MCO) has disclosed Deferred Taxes for 15 consecutive years, with -$57.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Deferred Taxes rose 19.72% to -$57.0 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was -$17.0 million, a 72.58% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at -$17.0 million, up 72.58% from a year prior.
  • Deferred Taxes was -$57.0 million for Q4 2025 at Moodys, down from $23.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $44.0 million in Q1 2021 to a low of -$139.0 million in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of -$15.9 million and a median of -$4.0 million in 2022 define the central range for Deferred Taxes.
  • Peak YoY movement for Deferred Taxes: plummeted 342.86% in 2023, then skyrocketed 243.75% in 2025.
  • Moodys' Deferred Taxes stood at -$139.0 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 92.81% to -$10.0 million in 2022, then crashed by 180.0% to -$28.0 million in 2023, then crashed by 153.57% to -$71.0 million in 2024, then increased by 19.72% to -$57.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MCO's Deferred Taxes are -$57.0 million (Q4 2025), $23.0 million (Q3 2025), and -$1.0 million (Q2 2025).