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

Moodys (MCO) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.24% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital rose 4.0% to 0.24% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.24%, a 4.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.24%, up 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.24% for Q4 2025 at Moodys, up from 0.22% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.25% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.14% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.19% and a median of 0.19% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: decreased -8bps in 2022, then grew 4bps in 2024.
  • Moodys' Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.22% in 2021, then crashed by -34bps to 0.15% in 2022, then increased by 17bps to 0.17% in 2023, then increased by 13bps to 0.19% in 2024, then increased by 23bps to 0.24% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MCO's Return on Invested Capital are 0.24% (Q4 2025), 0.22% (Q3 2025), and 0.21% (Q2 2025).