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Moodys (MCO) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Moodys has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.22 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 24.46% to 0.22 in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.19 through Mar 2026, up 928.49% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.0 for FY2025, 30.07% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.22 for Q1 2026 at Moodys, up from 0.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.6 in Q2 2022 and troughed 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 hit 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 skyrocketed by 126.67% to 0.35 in 2023, then plummeted by 322.53% to 0.78 in 2024, then surged by 100.5% to 0.0 in 2025, then skyrocketed by 5577.13% to 0.22 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods came in at 0.22, 0.0, and 0.26 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.