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

Moodys (MCO) has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.27 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 24.82% year-over-year to 0.27 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.24, a 19.41% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.27, up 5.1% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio was 0.27 for Q2 2026 at Moodys, up from 0.22 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.6 in Q2 2022 and troughed at 0.21 in Q4 2025.
• A 5-year average of 0.32 and a median of 0.28 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio surged 196.07% in 2022 and slumped 56.63% in 2023, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.44 in 2022, then declined by 20.0% to 0.35 in 2023, then declined by 14.04% to 0.3 in 2024, then retreated by 28.36% to 0.21 in 2025, then grew by 27.81% to 0.27 in 2026.
• The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.27 (Q2 2026), 0.22 (Q1 2026), and 0.21 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.