$MCO
MOODYS CORP /DE/ Stock $mco

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2018 Q1 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000119312518146828 Filed on May 01, 2018

Income Statement

Concept	2018 Q1	2017 Q1
Revenue	$1.127B	$975.2M
YoY Change	15.54%	19.5%
Cost Of Revenue	$314.9M	$275.3M
YoY Change	14.38%	10.47%
Gross Profit	$811.8M	$699.9M
YoY Change	15.99%	23.46%
Gross Profit Margin	72.05%	71.77%
Selling, General & Admin	$271.1M	$220.7M
YoY Change	22.84%	-5.24%
% of Gross Profit	33.39%	31.53%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$49.10M	$32.50M
YoY Change	51.08%	8.7%
% of Gross Profit	6.05%	4.64%
Operating Expenses	$635.9M	$528.5M
YoY Change	20.32%	3.22%
Operating Profit	$491.0M	$446.7M
YoY Change	9.92%	46.89%
Interest Expense	-$50.70M	-$47.40M
YoY Change	6.96%	39.0%
% of Operating Profit	-10.33%	-10.61%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$49.70M	$4.600M
YoY Change	-1180.43%	-116.14%
Pretax Income	$441.1M	$451.3M
YoY Change	-2.26%	63.75%
Income Tax	$64.30M	$105.4M
% Of Pretax Income	14.58%	23.35%
Net Earnings	$373.0M	$345.6M
YoY Change	7.93%	87.42%
Net Earnings / Revenue	33.11%	35.44%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.95	$1.81
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.92	$1.78
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	191.4M shares	191.1M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	194.5M shares	194.3M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2018 Q1	2017 Q1
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$1.378B	$2.262B
YoY Change	-39.08%	9.43%
Cash & Equivalents	$1.277B	$2.130B
Short-Term Investments	$101.0M	$133.0M
Other Short-Term Assets	$233.6M	$269.6M
YoY Change	-13.35%	61.92%
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses	$95.70M	$73.30M
Receivables	$1.207B	$953.5M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$2.819B	$3.486B
YoY Change	-19.13%	12.97%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$321.6M	$329.1M
YoY Change	-2.28%	5.99%
Goodwill	$3.832B	$1.030B
YoY Change	272.13%	-2.03%
Intangibles	$1.642B	$289.8M
YoY Change	466.46%	-11.97%
Long-Term Investments	$145.0M	$120.0M
YoY Change	20.83%	41.18%
Other Assets	$258.0M	$166.8M
YoY Change	54.68%	2.46%
Total Long-Term Assets	$6.195B	$1.950B
YoY Change	217.64%	-3.9%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$2.819B	$3.486B
Total Long-Term Assets	$6.195B	$1.950B
Total Assets	$9.014B	$5.436B
YoY Change	65.82%	6.28%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$32.00M	$24.10M
YoY Change	32.78%	67.36%
Accrued Expenses	$293.0M	$221.0M
YoY Change	32.58%	5.24%
Deferred Revenue	$998.7M
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$90.00M	$214.0M
YoY Change	-57.94%
Long-Term Debt Due	$299.7M
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.921B	$1.424B
YoY Change	34.91%	23.6%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$5.118B	$3.862B
YoY Change	32.53%	12.64%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$554.2M	$434.2M
YoY Change	27.64%	2.82%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$5.672B	$4.296B
YoY Change	32.03%	11.56%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.921B	$1.424B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$5.672B	$4.296B
Total Liabilities	$8.594B	$6.160B
YoY Change	39.51%	12.69%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$7.913B	$7.031B
YoY Change	12.54%	1.97%
Common Stock	$510.0M	$447.0M
YoY Change	14.09%	3.54%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$8.171B	$8.051B
YoY Change	1.49%	5.79%
Treasury Stock Shares	151.0M shares	151.6M shares
Shareholders Equity	$199.7M	-$927.1M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$9.014B	$5.436B
YoY Change	65.82%	6.28%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2018 Q1	2017 Q1
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$373.0M	$345.6M
YoY Change	7.93%	87.42%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$49.10M	$32.50M
YoY Change	51.08%	8.7%
Cash From Operating Activities	$391.5M	-$512.4M
YoY Change	-176.41%	-302.05%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	$15.00M	$18.70M
YoY Change	-19.79%	-28.9%
Acquisitions		$5.000M
YoY Change		-93.41%
Other Investing Activities	-$3.500M	$37.30M
YoY Change	-109.38%	-145.43%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$18.50M	$18.60M
YoY Change	-199.46%	-117.16%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid	$84.10M	$72.60M
YoY Change	15.84%	0.69%
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net	$43.40M	$55.00M
YoY Change	-21.09%	-79.02%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-$182.3M	$553.7M
YoY Change	-132.92%	-255.75%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	$391.5M	-$512.4M
Cash From Investing Activities	-$18.50M	$18.60M
Cash From Financing Activities	-$182.3M	$553.7M
Net Change In Cash	$190.7M	$59.90M
YoY Change	218.36%	-128.48%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$391.5M	-$512.4M
Capital Expenditures	$15.00M	$18.70M
Free Cash Flow	$376.5M	-$531.1M
YoY Change	-170.89%	-333.66%

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These fees are deferred and recognized over the future monitoring periods based on the expected lives of the rated securities.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >MIS arrangements generally have standard contractual terms for which the stated payments are due at conclusio</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >n of the ratings process for initial ratings and either upfront or in arrears for monitoring services; and are signed by customers either on a per issue basis or at the beginning of the relationship with the customer. However, customer fee arrangements may</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > be adjusted for which the Company accounts for as variable consideration at inception, which is constrained</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >based on the Company’s assessment of the realization of the adjustment amount.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >The Company allocates the transaction price within arrangements that</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > include both the initial rating and the related monitoring service based upon the relative SSP of each service. The Company generally uses management’s best estimate based on observable pricing points in determining SSP for its initial ratings as the Comp</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >any rarely provides initial ratings separately without providing related monitoring services. The SSP for monitoring fees in these arrangements are generally based upon directly observable selling prices where the monitoring service is sold separately.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;margin-left:0pt;' >MA </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;' >Revenue</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >In the MA segment, products and services offered by the Company include hosted research and data subscriptions, installed software subscriptions, perpetual installed software licenses and related maintenance, or PCS, and professional services. Subs</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >cription and PCS contracts are generally invoiced in advance of the contractual coverage period, which is principally one year, but can range from 3-5 years; while perpetual software licenses are generally invoiced upon delivery and professional services a</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >re invoiced as those services are provided. Payment terms and conditions vary by contract type, but primarily include a requirement of payment within 30 to 60 days.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >Revenue from research, data and other hosted subscriptions is recognized ratably over the r</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >elated subscription period. A large portion of these services are invoiced in the months of November, December and January.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >Revenue from the sale of a software license, when considered distinct from the related software implementation services, is generall</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >y recognized at the time the product master or first copy is delivered or transferred to the customer. However, in instances where the software license (perpetual or subscription) and related implementation services are considered to be one combined perfor</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >mance obligation, revenue is recognized on a percentage-of-completion basis (input method) as implementation services are performed over time, which is consistent with the pattern of recognition for the software implementation services if considered to be </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >a separate distinct performance obligation. </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >The Company exercises judgment in determining the level of integration and interdependency between the promise to grant the software license and the promise to deliver the related implementation services. This de</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >termination influences whether the software license is considered distinct and accounted for separately, or not distinct and accounted for together with the implementation services and recognized over time. </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >PCS is generally recognized ratably over the cont</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ractual period commencing when the software license is fully delivered. Revenue from installed software subscriptions, which includes PCS, is bifurcated into a software license performance obligation and a PCS performance obligation, which follow the patte</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >rns of recognition described above.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >For implementation services and other service projects within the ERS and ESA LOBs for which fees are fixed, the Company determined </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >progress towards completion is most accurately measured on </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >a percentage-of-completion ba</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >sis (input method)</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > as this approach utilizes the most directly observable data points and is therefore used to recognize the related revenue. For implementation services where price varies based on time expended, a time-based measure of progress towards co</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >mpletion of the performance obligation is utilized.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >Revenue from professional services rendered within the PS LOB is generally recognized as the services are performed.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >Products and services offered within the MA segment are sold either stand-alone or toge</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ther in various combinations. In instances where an arrangement contains multiple performance obligations, the Company accounts for the individual performance obligations separately if they are considered distinct. Revenue is generally allocated to all per</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >formance obligations based upon the relative SSP at contract inception. Judgment is often required to determine the SSP for each distinct performance obligation. Revenue is recognized for each performance obligation based upon the conditions for revenue re</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >cognition noted above.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >In the MA segment, </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >customers usually pay a fixed fee for the products and services based on signed contracts. However, accounting for variable consideration is applied mainly for: i) estimates for cancellation rights and price conces</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >sions and ii) T&M based services.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >The Company estimates the variable consideration associated with cancellation rights and price concessions based on the expected amount to be provided to customers and reduces the amount of revenue to be recognized. </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >T&M </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >based contracts represent about half of MA’s service projects within the ERS and ESA LOBs. The Company provides agreed upon services at a contracted daily or hourly rate. The commitment represents a series of </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >goods and services that are substantially the s</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >ame and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer. As such, if T&M services are sold with other MA products, the Company allocates the variable consideration entirely to the T&M performance obligation if the services are sold at standard pricing or</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > at a similar discount level compared to other performance obligations in the same revenue contract. If these criteria are not met, the Company estimates variable consideration for each performance obligation upfront.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >Each form of variable consideration is</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > included in the transaction price only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal of any incremental revenue will not occur.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;margin-left:0pt;' >Costs to Obtain or Fulfill a Contract with a Customer: </font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >Costs incurred to obtain customer contracts, such as sa</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >les commissions, are deferred and recorded within other current assets and other assets when such costs are determined to be incremental to obtaining a contract, would not have been incurred otherwise and the Company expects to recover those costs. These c</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >osts are amortized to expense consistent with the recognition pattern of the related revenue. Depending on the line of business to which the contract relates, this may be based upon the average economic life of the products sold or average period for which</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > services are provided, inclusive of anticipated contract renewals. Determining the estimated economic life of the products sold requires judgment with respect to anticipated future technological changes. The Company had a balance of $</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >95.5 </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >million in such </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >deferred costs as of March 31, 2018 and recognized $</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >8.6 </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >million of related amortization during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018, which is included within SG&A expenses in the consolidated statement of operations. Costs incurred to obtain custome</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >r contracts are only in the MA segment.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >The Company also capitalizes work-in-process costs for in-progress MIS ratings, which is amortized consistent with the rendering of the related services to the customers. The Company had a balance of $</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >10.2 </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >million in</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > such deferred costs as of March 31, 2018 and recognized $</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >9.4 </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >million of amortization of the costs deferred as of January 1, 2018 during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018, which is included within operating expenses in the consolidated statement </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >of operations.</font></p><p style='text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:13.8pt;' ><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:36pt;' >In addition, within the MA segment, the Company capitalizes royalty costs related to third-party information data providers associated with hosted company information and business intelligence products. The Company had a balance of $</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >32.4</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' > mil</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >lion in such deferred costs as of March 31, 2018 and recognized $</font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >14.2 </font><font style='font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;' >million of related amortization during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018, which is included within operating expenses in the consolidated statement of operations.</font></p></div>
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2018 Q1 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000119312518146828 Filed on May 01, 2018

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cashflow Statement

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Files In Submission

$MCO
MOODYS CORP /DE/ Stock $mco