Moodys (MCO) Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Moodys (MCO) has reported Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.22 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio fell 27.2% year-over-year to 0.22 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.26, a 23.12% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.28, down 10.22% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio was 0.22 for Q2 2026 at Moodys, down from 0.28 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Payout Ratio peaked at 0.53 in Q4 2022 and troughed at 0.22 in Q2 2026.
• A 5-year average of 0.34 and a median of 0.3 in 2024 frame the typical range for Payout Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, Payout Ratio surged 101.0% in 2022 and plunged 40.02% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.53 in 2022, then declined by 21.52% to 0.41 in 2023, then climbed by 9.88% to 0.46 in 2024, then sank by 40.02% to 0.27 in 2025, then dropped by 21.33% to 0.22 in 2026.
• The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.22 (Q2 2026), 0.28 (Q1 2026), and 0.27 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.