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% quarter-over-quarter from 0.0 in Q4 2025.

Moodys (MCO) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

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

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.22, down 24.46% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.19 (up 928.49% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.0, down 30.07% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio rose to 0.22 in Q1 2026 per MCO's latest filing, 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.
  • A 5-year average of 0.15 and a median of 0.26 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • On a YoY basis, FCF Payout Ratio climbed as much as 196.07% in 2022 and fell as far as 367.39% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 1.31 in 2022, then surged by 126.67% to 0.35 in 2023, then tumbled by 322.53% to 0.78 in 2024, then soared by 100.5% to 0.0 in 2025, then surged by 5577.13% to 0.22 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MCO's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.22 in Q1 2026, 0.0 in Q4 2025, and 0.26 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 122.27 Bn 125.38 Bn 2.94 Bn 0.29
2 Cme 88.49 Bn 88.49 Bn 1.83 Bn 2.18
3 Moodys 79.74 Bn 78.38 Bn 1.55 Bn 0.22
4 Intercontinental Exchange 76.18 Bn 74.71 Bn - 0.24
5 Nasdaq 46.59 Bn 45.91 Bn 1.41 Bn 0.24
6 Coinbase Global 43.23 Bn 42.70 Bn 1.33 Bn -
7 Msci 42.63 Bn 42.25 Bn 765.10 Mn 0.53
8 Cboe Global Markets 26.37 Bn 24.20 Bn 728.90 Mn 0.04
9 TransUnion 12.50 Bn 11.93 Bn 726.20 Mn 1.32
10 Factset Research Systems 8.21 Bn 7.92 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