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Moodys (MCO) EBT Margin (2016 - 2025)

Moodys (MCO) has disclosed EBT Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 36.37% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin rose 497.0% to 36.37% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 40.55%, a 248.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 40.55%, up 248.0% from a year prior.
  • EBT Margin was 36.37% for Q4 2025 at Moodys, down from 43.2% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 53.88% in Q1 2021 to a low of 25.35% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 37.44% and a median of 37.57% in 2024 define the central range for EBT Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBT Margin: skyrocketed 1015bps in 2021, then tumbled -1673bps in 2022.
  • Moodys' EBT Margin stood at 33.53% in 2021, then dropped by -24bps to 25.35% in 2022, then grew by 20bps to 30.41% in 2023, then increased by 3bps to 31.4% in 2024, then increased by 16bps to 36.37% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MCO's EBT Margin are 36.37% (Q4 2025), 43.2% (Q3 2025), and 40.67% (Q2 2025).