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

Moodys (MCO) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.32% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales rose 9.0% to 0.32% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.32%, a 3.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.32%, up 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.32% for Q4 2025 at Moodys, roughly flat from 0.32% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.46% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.19% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.3% and a median of 0.3% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: dropped -13bps in 2022, then rose 9bps in 2025.
  • Moodys' Return on Sales stood at 0.28% in 2021, then plummeted by -31bps to 0.19% in 2022, then rose by 20bps to 0.23% in 2023, then increased by 3bps to 0.24% in 2024, then soared by 37bps to 0.32% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MCO's Return on Sales are 0.32% (Q4 2025), 0.32% (Q3 2025), and 0.31% (Q2 2025).