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

Historic Return on Sales for Moodys (MCO) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.32%.

  • Moodys' Return on Sales rose 300.0% to 0.32% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.3%, marking a year-over-year increase of 100.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.29% for FY2024, which is 200.0% up from last year.
  • Per Moodys' latest filing, its Return on Sales stood at 0.32% for Q3 2025, which was up 300.0% from 0.31% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Moodys' Return on Sales peaked at 0.46% during Q1 2021, and registered a low of 0.19% during Q4 2022.
  • Over the past 5 years, Moodys' median Return on Sales value was 0.3% (recorded in 2024), while the average stood at 0.3%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Moodys' Return on Sales skyrocketed by 800bps in 2021 and then crashed by -1300bps in 2022.
  • Moodys' Return on Sales (Quarter) stood at 0.28% in 2021, then plummeted by -31bps to 0.19% in 2022, then increased by 20bps to 0.23% in 2023, then rose by 3bps to 0.24% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 36bps to 0.32% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Sales was 0.32% in Q3 2025, compared to 0.31% in Q2 2025 and 0.32% in Q1 2025.