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Data last updated: Oct 12, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 12, 2026): Moody's Corporation (MCO) pays a $3.94 annual dividend ($1.03 quarterly), yielding 0.89% at $464.23/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-14. 24 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 0.89%
Annual Dividend: $3.94 per share
Payout Ratio: 25.0%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-14
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 33
Moody's Corporation dividend reflects a business built on credit ratings, risk analytics, and financial data services spanning markets across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The current yield is 0.89%, paid quarterly, with a trailing annual dividend rate of $3.94 per share and the next ex-dividend date on August 14, 2026. MCO carries a beta of 1.346, meaning the stock moves with more volatility than the broader market. Growth-focused income investors are the natural fit here, given a 24-year streak of consecutive dividend increases.
Moody's Corporation pays out 25.0% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That low payout leaves substantial room to sustain and grow the dividend, supported by the company's two core segments: Moody's Investors Service, which generates fee revenue from credit ratings on debt obligations, and Moody's Analytics, which sells cloud-based SaaS subscriptions and data products to banks, insurers, and asset managers. Moody's Corporation dividend safety faces its most credible pressure from cyclical swings in debt issuance, since rating volumes tied to corporate and structured finance activity can fall sharply when credit markets slow.
Moody's Corporation dividend history shows a CAGR of 14.9% per year from 2011 to 2025. The per-share annual dividend grew from $0.535 to $3.76 over that period (2026 data is partial and excluded from the growth calculation, with Moody's Corporation dividend 2026 reflecting only payments made to date). The smallest annual increase in the window was 2.7% in 2017, a notable step down from the double-digit pace seen in most other years.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +10.3% | $2.80 (2022) | $3.76 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +10.9% | $2.24 (2020) | $3.76 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +10.7% | $1.36 (2015) | $3.76 (2025) |
MCO stock fits growth-and-income investors who prioritize dividend growth over current yield. At 0.89%, the yield is low (below 2%) and sits only slightly above the 5-year average of 0.8%, so income from the current payout alone is modest. What the stock delivers instead is a 14.9% annualized dividend growth rate over 14 years and 24 consecutive years of increases, both of which reflect a business with a 25% payout ratio and room to keep raising. The trade-off is straightforward: an investor accepts a thin current yield in exchange for a dividend that has compounded at a pace few income stocks match.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | $1.0300 |
| 2026-05-15 | $1.0300 |
| 2026-03-02 | $1.0300 |
| 2025-11-21 | $0.9400 |
| 2025-08-15 | $0.9400 |
| 2025-05-16 | $0.9400 |
| 2025-02-25 | $0.9400 |
| 2024-11-22 | $0.8500 |
| 2024-08-16 | $0.8500 |
| 2024-05-16 | $0.8500 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.0900 |
| 2025 | $3.7600 |
| 2024 | $3.4000 |
| 2023 | $3.0800 |
| 2022 | $2.8000 |
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