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Moodys (MCO) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Moodys (MCO) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.21 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 31.41% to 0.21 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.26, a 2.25% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.26, up 2.25% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.21 for Q4 2025 at Moodys, down from 0.26 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.94 in Q4 2021 to a low of 0.26 in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.46 and a median of 0.3 in 2021 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: skyrocketed 1036.07% in 2021, then crashed 199.88% in 2024.
  • Moodys' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.94 in 2021, then fell by 11.13% to 1.72 in 2022, then crashed by 78.33% to 0.37 in 2023, then decreased by 16.17% to 0.31 in 2024, then tumbled by 31.41% to 0.21 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MCO's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.21 (Q4 2025), 0.26 (Q3 2025), and 0.37 (Q2 2025).