Moodys (MCO) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026)

Moodys (MCO) reported Tax Provisions of $209.0 million for Q1 2026, up 16.76% year-over-year from $179.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 175.0% quarter-over-quarter from $76.0 million in Q4 2025.

Moodys (MCO) Tax Provisions (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Moodys (MCO) has 18 years of Tax Provisions data on file, last reported at $209.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Tax Provisions for Q1 2026 came in at $209.0 million, up 16.76% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $698.0 million (up 8.39% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $668.0 million, up 4.37% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions rose to $209.0 million in Q1 2026 per MCO's latest filing, from $76.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Provisions peaked at $220.0 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at $5.0 million in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $131.2 million and a median of $116.0 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Tax Provisions.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Tax Provisions slumped 95.5% in 2023, then surged 3400.0% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Provisions shows it stood at $81.0 million in 2022, then surged by 35.8% to $110.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 18.18% to $130.0 million in 2024, then slumped by 41.54% to $76.0 million in 2025, then surged by 175.0% to $209.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MCO's Tax Provisions at $209.0 million in Q1 2026, $76.0 million in Q4 2025, and $220.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Taxes (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 122.27 Bn 125.38 Bn 2.94 Bn 404.00 Mn
2 Cme 88.49 Bn 88.49 Bn 1.83 Bn 356.60 Mn
3 Moodys 79.74 Bn 78.38 Bn 1.55 Bn 209.00 Mn
4 Intercontinental Exchange 76.18 Bn 74.71 Bn - 465.00 Mn
5 Nasdaq 46.59 Bn 45.91 Bn 1.41 Bn 158.00 Mn
6 Coinbase Global 43.23 Bn 42.70 Bn 1.33 Bn -70.59 Mn
7 Msci 42.63 Bn 42.25 Bn 765.10 Mn -16.80 Mn
8 Cboe Global Markets 26.37 Bn 24.20 Bn 728.90 Mn 129.80 Mn
9 TransUnion 12.50 Bn 11.93 Bn 726.20 Mn 27.60 Mn
10 Factset Research Systems 8.21 Bn 7.92 Bn 314.28 Mn 28.06 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 209.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 76.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 220.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 193.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 179.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 130.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 169.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 166.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 175.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 110.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 97.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 115.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 5.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 81.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 78.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 116.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 111.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 89.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 145.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 181.00 Mn