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How MOODY'S CORPORATION makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$7.7B · 100%Cost of revenue$2.0B · 26%Gross profit$5.7B · 74%Operating income$3.4B · 43%Income before tax$3.1B · 41%Income tax$668M · 9%Net income$2.5B · 32%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$7.7B100%
Cost of revenue$2.0B26%
$5.7B74%
$3.4B43%
Income before tax$3.1B41%
Income tax$668M9%
$2.5B32%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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