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Moodys (MCO) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Moodys (MCO) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.22 for Q1 2026, down 24.46% year-over-year from 0.29 in Q1 2025, and up 5577.13% on a QoQ basis from 0.0 in Q4 2025.

Moodys (MCO) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.22 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 24.46% year-over-year to 0.22 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.19 (up 928.49% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.0, down 30.07% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio grew to 0.22 in Q1 2026 per MCO's latest filing, from 0.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.6 in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 1.31 in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.26 (2025), against an average of 0.15.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Payout Ratio reached 196.07% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 367.39% in 2022.
  • Tracing MCO's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 1.31 in 2022, then soared by 126.67% to 0.35 in 2023, then sank by 322.53% to 0.78 in 2024, then jumped by 100.5% to 0.0 in 2025, then soared by 5577.13% to 0.22 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest MCO FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.22 (Q1 2026), 0.0 (Q4 2025), and 0.26 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 126.06 Bn 129.16 Bn 2.94 Bn 0.29
2 Cme 98.29 Bn 98.29 Bn 1.83 Bn 2.18
3 Intercontinental Exchange 83.83 Bn 82.37 Bn - 0.24
4 Moodys 80.13 Bn 78.77 Bn 1.55 Bn 0.22
5 Nasdaq 52.44 Bn 51.76 Bn 1.41 Bn 0.24
6 Coinbase Global 50.05 Bn 49.52 Bn 1.33 Bn -
7 Msci 46.28 Bn 45.89 Bn 765.10 Mn 0.53
8 Cboe Global Markets 34.92 Bn 32.75 Bn 728.90 Mn 0.04
9 TransUnion 13.79 Bn 13.22 Bn 726.20 Mn 1.32
10 Factset Research Systems 9.06 Bn 8.78 Bn 314.28 Mn 0.22

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.22
Dec 31, 2025 0.00
Sep 30, 2025 0.26
Jun 30, 2025 0.37
Mar 31, 2025 0.29
Dec 31, 2024 -0.78
Sep 30, 2024 0.26
Jun 30, 2024 0.26
Mar 31, 2024 0.22
Dec 31, 2023 0.35
Sep 30, 2023 0.38
Jun 30, 2023 0.26
Mar 31, 2023 0.26
Dec 31, 2022 -1.31
Sep 30, 2022 0.49
Jun 30, 2022 0.60
Mar 31, 2022 0.32
Dec 31, 2021 0.49
Sep 30, 2021 0.30
Jun 30, 2021 0.20
Mar 31, 2021 0.18
Dec 31, 2020 0.17
Sep 30, 2020 0.22
Jun 30, 2020 0.18
Mar 31, 2020 0.32
Dec 31, 2019 0.81
Sep 30, 2019 0.23
Jun 30, 2019 0.26
Mar 31, 2019 0.27
Dec 31, 2018 0.24
Sep 30, 2018 0.31
Jun 30, 2018 0.23
Mar 31, 2018 0.22
Dec 31, 2017 -0.01
Sep 30, 2017 0.01
Jun 30, 2017 -0.16
Mar 31, 2017 -0.14
Dec 31, 2016 0.83
Jun 30, 2016 0.01
Mar 31, 2016 0.01
Dec 31, 2015 0.28
Sep 30, 2015 0.73
Jun 30, 2015 -0.21
Mar 31, 2015 0.28
Dec 31, 2014 0.78
Sep 30, 2014 0.01
Jun 30, 2014 -0.20
Mar 31, 2014 0.38
Dec 31, 2013 0.81
Sep 30, 2013 0.01
Jun 30, 2013 -0.23
Mar 31, 2013 0.23
Dec 31, 2012 -0.31
Sep 30, 2012 0.42
Jun 30, 2012 -0.19
Mar 31, 2012 0.76
Dec 31, 2011 -0.69
Sep 30, 2011 0.42
Jun 30, 2011 0.00
Mar 31, 2011 0.02
Dec 31, 2010 0.00
Sep 30, 2010 0.00
Jun 30, 2010 -0.17
Mar 31, 2010 0.17
Dec 31, 2009 0.15
Sep 30, 2009 0.23
Jun 30, 2009 0.41
Mar 31, 2009 0.02