---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001059556-22-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCO"
cik: "0001059556"
company_name: "MOODYS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T08:32:38.421381+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Moody's Q2 EPS down 42% on lower debt issuance; cuts FY adjusted EPS guidance to $9.20-$9.70

## Summary
- Q2 revenue $1.4B, down 11%; MIS revenue $706M (-28%), MA revenue $675M (+18%).
- GAAP diluted EPS $1.77 (-42%); adjusted diluted EPS $2.22 (-31%).
- FY 2022 adjusted EPS guidance lowered to $9.20-$9.70 from prior $10.70-$11.10 range.
- Global MIS rated issuance forecast now -30% (prev. mid-teens). U.S. GDP growth cut to 1.5%-2.5%.
- Board declared $0.70 quarterly dividend payable Sept 9, 2022; share repurchase authority $960M left.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001059556-22-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCO
- cik: 0001059556
- company_name: MOODYS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000105955622000043/0001059556-22-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000105955622000043/mco-20220726.htm

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