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Moody's Corporation dividend history

Moody's Corporation's dividend was $3.76 a share in fiscal 2025, up 10.6% on the year before. That was 28.5% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2017.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM
Buybacks (TTM)
$3B
Dividends (TTM)
$710M
Returned to shareholders
124%
of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years
$3.4B
Diluted share count
−2.5%
year over year
Total shareholder yield
4.2%
dividends 0.8% + buybacks 3.4% of market value
Dividend payout ratio
25%
of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending
22.6%
of revenue
Days sales outstanding
82 days
receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Dividend per share$0.400—$0.580$0.680$0.980$1.18$1.39$1.49$1.14$1.76$2.00$2.24$2.48$2.80$3.08$3.40$3.76—
Dividend per share growth———+17.2%+44.1%+20.4%+17.8%+7.2%−23.5%+54.4%+13.6%+12.0%+10.7%+12.9%+10.0%+10.4%+10.6%—
Dividends paid9599121143197236272285290337378420463515564620701710
Share buybacks02243341978931,2211,0987392002039915037509834901,2921,6072,990
Dividends ÷ net income23.5%19.4%21.2%20.7%24.5%23.9%28.9%106.9%29.0%25.7%26.6%23.6%20.9%37.5%35.1%30.1%28.5%24.6%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Moody's Corporation's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 23, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Moody's Corporation.