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Financial Services · US · Moody's Corporation

2 of 6 ratios computed · receipts verified server-side

Idiot Index
19
out of 100 · 2/6 ratios · FY 2023

The full receipt

Latest published value for each ratio, with the sector median for context and year-over-year change where the prior year is available.

  • Markup

    How much revenue per dollar of cost.

    Not applicable to this sector.
    Banks, insurers, and asset managers have no Cost of Goods Sold — their economics run on interest spreads, premiums, and fees.
    See Capital Extraction on this page — it's the universal version designed for sectors where Markup doesn't apply.
  • Operational Markup

    Revenue per dollar of cost + operating expenses. The multiplier after legitimate operations.

    Not applicable to this sector.
    Banks, insurers, and asset managers have no Cost of Goods Sold — their economics run on interest spreads, premiums, and fees.
    See Capital Extraction on this page — it's the universal version designed for sectors where Operational Markup doesn't apply.
  • Labor Share

    How much of every revenue dollar reaches workers.

    Not computed: missing input.
    Needed but not in this company's XBRL filings: Total Employee Compensation.
    What this company did disclose: Stock Buybacks, CEO Total Compensation, Cost of Goods Sold, Dividends Paid, Median Employee Compensation, Net Income, Operating Expenses, Revenue
  • Executive Extraction

    How many times a CEO out-earns the median employee.

    124.7× CEO / median workerverified
    CEO earns 125× the median worker
    Sector median: 159.9Bottom 18% for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0
  • Shareholder Extraction

    Dollars sent to shareholders for every dollar invested in R&D.

    Not applicable to this sector.
    Companies in Financial Services typically don't report R&D — their growth investment goes to capex, not research expense.
    See Capital Extraction on this page — it's the universal version designed for sectors where Shareholder Extraction doesn't apply.
  • Capital Extraction

    How much of net profit goes to shareholders rather than back into the business.

    0.5479× buybacks+dividends / net incomeverified
    55% of net profit returned to shareholders, 45% reinvested
    Sector median: 0.6513Median range for extraction in sector
    FY 2023v1.0.0

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Source data

Every raw line item this company disclosed in its XBRL filings. Click any filing to view the original on SEC.gov.

FY 2023· 8 facts
ConceptValueUnitPeriodFilingReceipt
CEO Total Compensation
CEOTotalCompensation
14,387,659USDFY0001193125-24-060138verified
Cost of Goods Sold
CostOfRevenue
1,637,000,000USDFY0001059556-24-000017verified
Dividends Paid
PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock
463,000,000USDFY0001059556-24-000017verified
Median Employee Compensation
MedianEmployeeCompensation
115,386USDFY0001193125-24-060138verified
Net Income
NetIncomeLoss
2,214,000,000USDFY0001059556-24-000017verified
Operating Expenses
OperatingExpensesDerived(CostsAndExpenses-COGS)
1,737,000,000USDFY0001059556-24-000017verified
Revenue
RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
6,218,000,000USDFY0001059556-24-000017verified
Stock Buybacks
PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
750,000,000USDFY0001059556-24-000017verified