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Moodys (MCO) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Moodys (MCO) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 73.48% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 320.0% to 73.48% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 74.44%, a 188.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 74.44%, up 188.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin was 73.48% for Q4 2025 at Moodys, down from 75.49% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 76.5% in Q2 2021 to a low of 68.22% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 72.49% and a median of 72.31% in 2022 define the central range for Gross Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: crashed -500bps in 2022, then soared 373bps in 2025.
  • Moodys' Gross Margin stood at 68.49% in 2021, then dropped by 0bps to 68.22% in 2022, then increased by 5bps to 71.55% in 2023, then decreased by -2bps to 70.28% in 2024, then rose by 5bps to 73.48% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MCO's Gross Margin are 73.48% (Q4 2025), 75.49% (Q3 2025), and 74.24% (Q2 2025).