Dividends

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+1.1% today · +5.6% over a year

6/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 49% of the instruments we score

Quality, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 30.6). Dividend yield 0.79%.

Moody's (MCO) dividends: trailing yield 0.79%, next ex-dividend date 20 Nov 2026, Dividend Safety 94/100, not lowered for 25 years, 5-year growth 10.7% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
0.79%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
0.81%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$4.03
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
94 / 100
Very safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
0.79% → 0.65%
Forward
0.81% → 0.66%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 0.65%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
20 Nov 2026
Payment date
11 Dec 2026
Amount per share
$1.03
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+10.7%
Years without a lower dividend
25
Years without a cut of over 10 %
25
Payout ratio (earnings)
25%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
24%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.37, 2017 $1.52, 2018 $1.76, 2019 $2.00, 2020 $2.24, 2021 $2.48, 2022 $2.80, 2023 $3.08, 2024 $3.40, 2025 $3.762016: $0.372017: $1.522018: $1.762019: $2.002020: $2.242021: $2.482022: $2.802023: $3.082024: $3.402025: $3.76

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
20 Nov 202611 Dec 2026$1.03RegularAnnounced2
14 Aug 202607 Sep 2026$1.03RegularVerified2
15 May 202608 Jun 2026$1.03RegularVerified2
02 Mar 202616 Mar 2026$1.03RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 2 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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