Moodys (MCO) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Moodys (MCO) has reported Operating Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 47.87% the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 477.0% year-over-year to 47.87% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 44.79%, a 424.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 43.42%, up 286.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 47.87% for Q2 2026 at Moodys, up from 44.35% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 47.87% in Q2 2026 and troughed at 23.72% in Q4 2022.
• A 5-year average of 39.33% and a median of 40.73% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin slumped 1479 bps in 2022 and surged 993 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 23.72% in 2022, then surged by 42 bps to 33.65% in 2023, then slipped by 0 bps to 33.55% in 2024, then rose by 21 bps to 40.76% in 2025, then gained by 17 bps to 47.87% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 47.87% (Q2 2026), 44.35% (Q1 2026), and 40.76% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.