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Moodys (MCO) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Moodys (MCO) has disclosed Return on Equity for 17 consecutive years, with 0.6% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Equity rose 6.0% to 0.6% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.6%, a 6.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.63%, up 5.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Equity was 0.6% for Q4 2025 at Moodys, up from 0.56% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 1.02% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.45% in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.61% and a median of 0.55% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Equity.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: crashed -88bps in 2021, then increased 10bps in 2025.
  • Moodys' Return on Equity stood at 0.8% in 2021, then crashed by -33bps to 0.54% in 2022, then decreased by -12bps to 0.47% in 2023, then increased by 15bps to 0.54% in 2024, then rose by 12bps to 0.6% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MCO's Return on Equity are 0.6% (Q4 2025), 0.56% (Q3 2025), and 0.54% (Q2 2025).