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Moodys (MCO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Moodys (MCO) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.24% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% to 0.24% in Q3 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Sep 2025 was 0.24%, a 1.0% increase, with the full-year FY2024 number at 0.25%, up 7.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.24% for Q3 2025 at Moodys, up from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.26% in Q2 2021 to a low of 0.15% in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.21% and a median of 0.23% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: dropped -9bps in 2022, then grew 7bps in 2024.
  • Moodys' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.24% in 2021, then plummeted by -32bps to 0.16% in 2022, then grew by 12bps to 0.18% in 2023, then surged by 33bps to 0.24% in 2024, then rose by 2bps to 0.24% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MCO's Return on Capital Employed are 0.24% (Q3 2025), 0.23% (Q2 2025), and 0.24% (Q1 2025).