MOODYS CORP /DE/
(MCO)CIK 1059556 · SEC filings only
shown as history
Dividend record — shown as history, not graded
A declared dividend is a reported fact, not a promise we grade. Here's the record — raises, holds, and cuts — each linked to its source filing.
Dividend record
63 declarations · 12 raised · 35 held · 4 cut · held 36 quarters
- HELD$1.0300/shperiod ended 2026-06-30Filing ↗
- RAISED$1.0300/shperiod ended 2026-03-31Filing ↗
- HELD$0.9400/shperiod ended 2025-12-31Filing ↗
- HELD$0.9400/shperiod ended 2025-09-30Filing ↗
- HELD$0.9400/shperiod ended 2025-06-30Filing ↗
- RAISED$0.9400/shperiod ended 2025-03-31Filing ↗
- HELD$0.8500/shperiod ended 2024-12-31Filing ↗
- HELD$0.8500/shperiod ended 2024-09-30Filing ↗
- HELD$0.8500/shperiod ended 2024-06-30Filing ↗
- RAISED$0.8500/shperiod ended 2024-03-31Filing ↗
- HELD$0.7700/shperiod ended 2023-12-31Filing ↗
- HELD$0.7700/shperiod ended 2023-09-30Filing ↗
grade
Sector median (Trade & Services): A+ across 14 graded companies
Resolved promises
Full say-do history
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Timeline as a list
- Apr 26, 2023KEPTFull year 2021 guidance includes share repurchases of approximately $1.5 billion
- Jul 26, 2023KEPTFull year 2021 guidance includes share repurchases of approximately $1.5 billion
- Oct 26, 2023KEPTapproximately $750 million
- May 2, 2024PARTIALMoody’s is announcing a $500 million accelerated share repurchase program expected to be completed in the first half of 2022.
- May 2, 2024KEPTthe Board of Directors approved an additional $750 million of share repurchase authority
- Jul 24, 2024PARTIALFull year 2022 guidance assumes share repurchases of at least $1.5 billion
harness minimum not met
Sector median (Trade & Services): A+ across 26 graded companies
Not enough comparable guidance to grade
0 of the 4 resolved guidance promises needed to publish a reliability grade. Some of this company’s guidance has no reported figure we can compare it with. It is shown below, never scored; the line under each statement says why. Here's what we're tracking — we never show a grade we can't back with receipts.
guidance history
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9 of 9 guidance figures that were graded or dropped for basis could not be graded on the same basis (100%). Guidance marked “not judged” is in neither number.
| Guidance type | Said | Graded | Dropped | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue · basis not stated | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| EPS · non-GAAPcannot be graded | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| EPS · basis not statedcannot be graded | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
Said counts every revenue and EPS guidance figure on record. Dropped counts figures whose period was reported but which have no comparable GAAP actual in SEC XBRL. Other covers open, superseded, withdrawn and otherwise unresolved figures. The coverage note below counts every figure shown but not graded, including figures whose period has not been reported, so it can be larger.
Guidance shown, not graded (25)
We show what was said — with its source filing — but never score it. The line under each statement says why.
- eps guidance fy · May 2, 2022Adjusted Diluted EPS (1) $10.75 to $11.25Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · May 2, 2022Diluted EPS $9.85 to $10.35Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Feb 10, 2022Full year 2022 diluted EPS is projected to be $11.50 to $12.00Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Feb 10, 2022The Company expects full year 2022 adjusted diluted EPS 1 to be $12.40 to $12.90Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Oct 28, 2021The company expects full year 2021 adjusted diluted EPS 1 to be $12.15 to $12.35Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Oct 28, 2021Full year 2021 diluted EPS is projected to be $11.65 to $11.85Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Aug 5, 2021$10.90 to $11.20Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Aug 5, 2021$11.55 to $11.85Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Jul 28, 2021The company expects full year 2021 adjusted diluted EPS 1 to be $11.55 to $11.85Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Jul 28, 2021Full year 2021 diluted EPS is projected to be $10.95 to $11.25Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Apr 28, 2021Full year 2021 diluted EPS is projected to be $10.40 to $10.70Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Apr 28, 2021The company expects full year 2021 adjusted diluted EPS to be $11.00 to $11.30Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Feb 12, 2021The company expects full year 2021 adjusted diluted EPS to be $10.30 to $10.70Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Feb 12, 2021Full year 2021 diluted EPS is expected to be $9.70 to $10.10Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Oct 29, 2020Full year 2020 diluted EPS is expected to be $9.30 to $9.50Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Oct 29, 2020The company expects full year 2020 adjusted diluted EPS to be $9.95 to $10.15Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Jul 30, 2020The company expects full year 2020 adjusted diluted EPS to be $8.80 to $9.20Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Jul 30, 2020Full year 2020 diluted EPS is expected to be $8.15 to $8.55Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Apr 30, 2020$7.25 to $7.85Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Apr 30, 2020$7.80 to $8.40Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Feb 12, 2020Full year 2020 diluted EPS is expected to be $8.60 to $8.80Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Feb 12, 2020The Company expects full year 2020 adjusted diluted EPS to be $9.10 to $9.30Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Apr 24, 2019$7.30 to $7.55Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Apr 24, 2019$7.85 to $8.10Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Feb 8, 2012The Company expects diluted earnings per share for full-year 2012 in the range of $2.62 to $2.72Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
Open promises (5) · 5 superseded
the Company expects full-year 2012 revenue to grow in the high-single to low-double-digit percent range
increase in the mid-single-digit percent range
decline in the mid-single-digit percent range
we now project Moody’s full year 2021 revenue to increase in the low-teens percent range
Revenue Approximately flat
increase in the low-double-digit percent range
we now forecast Moody’s full year 2021 revenue to increase in the low-double-digit percent range
we are increasing our revenue outlook to high-single-digit percent growth
We project 2021 revenue growth in the mid-single-digit percent range
revenue to grow by at least 10% on an average annualized basis