Moody's (Moody's) Debt-to-Equity

: 2.24 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Moody's's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was USD108 Mil. Moody's's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was USD7,307 Mil. Moody's's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was USD3,318 Mil. Moody's's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.23.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Moody's's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

MCO' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.91 Med: 2.58 Max: 12.37
Current: 2.24

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Moody's was 12.37. The lowest was -16.91. And the median was 2.58.

MCO's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
88.93% of 605 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 0.37 vs MCO: 2.24

Moody's Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Moody's's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Moody's Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

10.06

4.43

2.92

3.12

2.24

Moody's Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																3.12	2.74	2.44	2.28	2.24

Competitive Comparison

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Moody's's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Moody's Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Moody's's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Moody's's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Moody's Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Moody's's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(108	+	7307)	/	3318
	=	2.23

Moody's's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(108	+	7307)	/	3318
	=	2.23

Moody's (NYSE:MCO) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Moody's (Moody's) Business Description

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

MCO:Mexico DUT:Germany DUT:Germany MCOR34:Brazil

Address

7 World Trade Center at 250 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, USA, 10007

Website

https://www.moodys.com

Moody's, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed-income securities. The ratings segment, Moody's Investors Service, includes corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm's revenue and profits. The other segment, Moody's Analytics, consists of research, data, and analytics as well as enterprise risk solutions. RD&A's products include credit research, quantitative credit scores, economic research, business intelligence, know-your-customer tools, commercial real estate data and analytical tools, and training services. ERS includes risk-management software solutions for financial institutions.

Executives

Robert Fauber	director, officer: President and CEO	7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Michael L West	officer: President, Moody's Investors	7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH ST, NEW YORK NY 10007
Richard G Steele	officer: SVP - General Counsel	C/O MOODY'S CORPORATION, 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER AT 250 GREENWICH ST, NEW YORK NY 10007
Kathryn Hill	director	7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Lloyd Jr Howell	director	8283 GREENSBORO DRIVE, MCLEAN VA 22102
Vincent A Forlenza	director	C/O BECTON DICKERSON & CO, 1 BECTON DR, FRANKLIN LAKES NJ 07417
Jorge A. Bermudez	director	CORPORATE LAW DEPT., CITIGROUP INC., 425 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10043
Jose Minaya	director	7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Saun Bruce Van	director	CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 600 WASHINGTON BLVD, STAMFORD CT 06901
Leslie Seidman	director	7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Therese Esperdy	director	7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH ST, NEW YORK NY 10007
Caroline Sullivan	officer: SVP - Corporate Controller	7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Mark Kaye	officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer	7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH ST, NEW YORK NY 10007
Raymond W Mcdaniel	director, officer: Executive Vice President	7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Stephen T Tulenko	officer: President, Moody's Analytics	7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH ST, NEW YORK NY 10007