---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001059556-22-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCO"
cik: "0001059556"
company_name: "MOODYS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T01:09:12.357466+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Moody's Q3 revenue down 16%, EPS $1.65 (-35%); cuts FY adjusted EPS guidance to $8.20-$8.50

## Summary
- MCO Q3 revenue $1.3B (-16% YoY); MIS revenue $590M (-36%); MA revenue $685M (+14%).
- Diluted EPS $1.65 (-35% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $1.85 (-31% YoY).
- FY 2022 adjusted EPS guidance lowered to $8.20-$8.50; MIS issuance seen down mid-thirties %.
- MA annualized recurring revenue $2.7B, up 9% organically; retention mid-90s%. $0.70 dividend payable Dec 14.
- Accelerating Geolocation Restructuring for cost savings; repurchased 0.4M shares in Q3 at ~$282.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001059556-22-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCO
- cik: 0001059556
- company_name: MOODYS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000105955622000059/0001059556-22-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000105955622000059/mco-20221025.htm

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