Moodys (MCO) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Moodys (MCO) has reported Operating Expenses for 18 consecutive years, with $1.1 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 5.46% year-over-year to $1.1 billion in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was $4.5 billion, a 3.71% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $4.4 billion, up 3.66% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses was $1.1 billion for Q2 2026 at Moodys, down from $1.2 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026 and troughed at $862.0 million in Q3 2022.
• A 5-year average of $1.0 billion and a median of $1.0 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
• The widest YoY moves for Operating Expenses: up 16.09% in 2022, down 4.0% in 2022.
• Over 5 years, Operating Expenses stood at $984.0 million in 2022, then declined by 0.2% to $982.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 13.14% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then grew by 0.72% to $1.1 billion in 2025, then gained by 1.79% to $1.1 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.1 billion (Q2 2026), $1.2 billion (Q1 2026), and $1.1 billion (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.