Moodys (MCO) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Moodys (MCO) reported FCF Margin of 40.6% for Q1 2026, up 567.0% year-over-year from 6.09% in Q1 2025, and down 1.3% quarter-over-quarter from 41.13% in Q4 2025.

Moodys (MCO) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Moodys (MCO) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 40.6% in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 40.6%, up 567.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 34.89% (up 35.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 33.36%, down 220.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin declined to 40.6% in Q1 2026 per MCO's latest filing, from 41.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 41.13% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 15.71% in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 31.18% and a median of 32.79% in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Margin sank 2060 bps in 2022, then jumped 2110 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 23.1% in 2022, then advanced by 18 bps to 27.3% in 2023, then soared by 31 bps to 35.89% in 2024, then increased by 15 bps to 41.13% in 2025, then declined by 1 bps to 40.6% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MCO's FCF Margin at 40.6% in Q1 2026, 41.13% in Q4 2025, and 32.79% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 122.27 Bn 125.38 Bn 2.94 Bn 24.21%
2 Cme 88.49 Bn 88.49 Bn 1.83 Bn 65.85%
3 Moodys 79.74 Bn 78.38 Bn 1.55 Bn 40.60%
4 Intercontinental Exchange 76.18 Bn 74.71 Bn - 42.39%
5 Nasdaq 46.59 Bn 45.91 Bn 1.41 Bn 29.43%
6 Coinbase Global 43.23 Bn 42.70 Bn 1.33 Bn 12.93%
7 Msci 42.63 Bn 42.25 Bn 765.10 Mn 33.00%
8 Cboe Global Markets 26.37 Bn 24.20 Bn 728.90 Mn 152.48%
9 TransUnion 12.50 Bn 11.93 Bn 726.20 Mn 1.53%
10 Factset Research Systems 8.21 Bn 7.92 Bn 314.28 Mn 30.39%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 40.60%
Dec 31, 2025 41.13%
Sep 30, 2025 32.79%
Jun 30, 2025 24.66%
Mar 31, 2025 34.93%
Dec 31, 2024 35.89%
Sep 30, 2024 34.80%
Jun 30, 2024 32.64%
Mar 31, 2024 39.03%
Dec 31, 2023 27.30%
Sep 30, 2023 26.56%
Jun 30, 2023 36.81%
Mar 31, 2023 36.39%
Dec 31, 2022 23.10%
Sep 30, 2022 20.78%
Jun 30, 2022 15.71%
Mar 31, 2022 27.00%
Dec 31, 2021 15.40%
Sep 30, 2021 26.41%
Jun 30, 2021 36.32%