Moodys (MCO) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Moodys (MCO) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 7.33% year-over-year to $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $4.4 billion (up 3.25% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $4.4 billion, up 3.66% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses improved to $1.2 billion in Q1 2026 per MCO's latest filing, from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $862.0 million in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $985.0 million (2024), against an average of $1.0 billion.
• Peak annual rise in Operating Expenses reached 16.09% in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 4.0% in 2022.
• Tracing MCO's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $984.0 million in 2022, then dropped by 0.2% to $982.0 million in 2023, then advanced by 13.14% to $1.1 billion in 2024, then climbed by 0.72% to $1.1 billion in 2025, then gained by 3.4% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest MCO Operating Expenses figures stand at $1.2 billion (Q1 2026), $1.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.1 billion (Q3 2025).

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