---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001059556-23-000097"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCO"
cik: "0001059556"
company_name: "MOODYS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T09:45:24.220084+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Moody's Q3 revenue $1.5B (+15%), adj EPS $2.43 (+31%), reaffirms FY adj EPS guide

## Summary
- Total revenue $1.5B (+15% YoY); MIS revenue $696M (+18%), MA revenue $776M (+13%).
- Diluted EPS $2.11 (+28%), adjusted diluted EPS $2.43 (+31%); operating margin 36.3%.
- FY2023 adjusted EPS guidance reaffirmed at $9.75-$10.25; updated US GDP assumption raised to 1.5%-2.5%.
- Quarterly dividend $0.77/share declared, payable Dec 15, 2023 to holders of record Nov 24, 2023.
- YTD free cash flow $1,476M; share repurchase 0.5M shares at avg $337.46 in Q3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001059556-23-000097
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCO
- cik: 0001059556
- company_name: MOODYS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1059556/000105955623000097/0001059556-23-000097-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000105955623000097/mco-20231025.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MOODYS CORP /DE/ reported third quarter 2023 results: revenue $1.5 billion, EPS $2.11. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: third quarter 2023
  - Revenue: $1.5 billion
  - EPS: $2.11
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: full year 2023. THIRD QUARTER SUMMARY FINANCIALS Moody’s Corporation (MCO) Revenue Moody’s Analytics (MA) Revenue Moody’s Investors Service (MIS) Revenue 3Q 2023 3Q 2023 3Q 2023 $1.5 billion ⇑ 15% $776 million ⇑ 13% $696 million ⇑ 18% YTD 2023 YTD 2023 YTD 2023 $4.4 billion ⇑ 6% $2.3 billion ⇑ 10% $2.2 billion ⇑ 2% MCO Diluted EPS MCO Adjusted Diluted EPS 1 MCO FY
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1059556/000105955623000097/0001059556-23-000097-index.htm

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