Moody's Corporation · NYSE:MCO

Moody's — Q2 2023 Earnings Presentation

34 slides from Moody's's earnings presentation, Jul 25, 2023

  1. Slide 1: Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Call

    Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Call July 25, 2023

  2. Slide 2: Introduction

    Introduction Shivani Kak Head of Investor Relations Moody’s | Decode risk. Unlock opportunity. Second Quarter 2023 - Earnings Call 2

  3. Slide 3: Disclaimer

    Disclaimer Certain statements contained in this document are forward-looking statements and are based on future expectations, plans and prospects for Moody’s business and operations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Such statements involve estimates, projections, goals, forecasts, as

  4. Slide 4: 2Q 2023 Highlights

    2Q 2023 Highlights Rob Fauber President and Chief Executive Officer Moody’s | Decode risk. Unlock opportunity. Second Quarter 2023 - Earnings Call 4

  5. Slide 5: Key Takeaways

    Key Takeaways 1 Growth resumed in MIS, as rated issuance and revenue increased on constructive market conditions; 2023 guidance revised upwards 2 MA delivered 10% ARR1 growth; introducing additional revenue- related disclosures on the Decision Solutions businesses 2023 Adjusted EPS2 forecast raised

  6. Slide 6: Moody's: Helping Customers Accelerate Value Creation in an Era of Exponential Risk

    Moody’s: Helping Customers Accelerate Value Creation in an Era of Exponential Risk Research Data Decision Solutions Ratings & Insights & Information Banking Insurance KYC Moody’s Agency of Premier fixed income Unparalleled database on SaaS businesses serving Choice research business companies & cred

  7. Slide 7: Constructive Markets Underpin Guidance Uplift

    Constructive Markets Underpin Guidance Uplift Investment Grade Issuance Grew in 2Q 2023 FY 2023 Issuance Guidance1,2 As of April 25, 2023 As of July 25, 2023 Total Issuance Mid-Single-Digit % Investment Grade ~30% High Yield Bonds ~40% Leveraged Loans Mid-Single-Digit % Financial Institutions Approx

  8. Slide 8: Strengthening our Position in the Markets of Tomorrow

    Strengthening our Position in the Markets of Tomorrow Emerging Markets Digital Finance Sustainable Finance » Global Footprint: Closed on » Trusted Insights: Leading analytical » Thought Leadership: acquisition of SC Riesgo to further views on the digitalization of financial Groundbreaking research o

  9. Slide 9: Incremental Disclosures Improve Investor Insight

    Incremental Disclosures Improve Investor Insight 2Q 2023 Growth Revenue1 ARR2 12% 14% Decision Solutions 10% 10% Banking Banking 12% 7% Research & Insights 9% 6% Insurance Insurance 10% Data & Information 9% 20% 18% KYC KYC 11% Total MA 10% 1. Refers to reported quarterly revenue growth from 2Q 2022

  10. Slide 10: Exponential Risk Leads to Significant Insurance Opportunity

    Exponential Risk Leads to Significant Insurance Opportunity Customer Workflows Underwriting Growth Drivers Digitization and New Regulatory & ~$6B Automation Financial Oversight Risk & Capital Management Insurance - Current Addressable Market1 SaaS Adoption Need for Better Analytics & Insights Financ

  11. Slide 11: Delivering Award-Winning Workflow Solutions with Significant Expansion Opportunity from Cross-Selling

    Delivering Award-Winning Workflow Solutions with Significant Expansion Opportunity from Cross-Selling Average number of MA product families1 used by 900+2 Insurance customers Top 10 Customers Following 90 6-7 Customers Product Bottom 800+ Families Customers 4-5 Product Families 1-2 Product Families

  12. Slide 12: Extensive Suite of AI Products and Capabilities

    Extensive Suite of AI Products and Capabilities QUIQspread » Employs AI and Machine Learning for digitizing financial data from public and private companies in a user-friendly interface that allows an analyst to review and approve the machine output; analyst corrections are fed back into the AI mode

  13. Slide 13: Moody's is Positioned to Win in a Generative AI World

    Moody’s is Positioned to Win in a Generative AI World Exceptional Insights Moody's Data Estate Moody's CoPilot Decades of Extensive, Moody’s GenAI Engine to On Demand Proprietary and Historically Leverage Large Indexed Data, Analytics Language Models and Research Content Accelerates Value in Era of

  14. Slide 14: Questions and Answers

    Questions and Answers Rob Fauber President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Kaye Chief Financial Officer Moody’s | Decode risk. Unlock opportunity. Second Quarter 2023 - Earnings Call 14

  15. Slide 15: Supplemental Information

    Supplemental Information Moody’s | Decode risk. Unlock opportunity. Second Quarter 2023 - Earnings Call 15

  16. Slide 16: MA: Growth Driven by Robust Customer Demand

    Performance Outlook MA: Growth Driven by Robust Customer Demand Investment Thesis MA Revenue1 MA Adjusted Operating Margin2 YoY $747 Change $675 11% $196 10% 30.3% $178 28.0% (230 bps) $ Millions $217 7% $203 $294 $334 14% 2Q22 2Q23 2Q22 2Q23 Decision Solutions Research & Insights Data & Information

  17. Slide 17: MIS: Solid Activity in the First Half of the Year

    Performance Outlook MIS: Solid Activity in the First Half of the Year Investment Thesis MIS Revenue Issuance2 YoY $747 3% $ Billions $706 Change 6% $1,148 $127 4% $1,111 $122 $ Millions $128 $145 13% 2Q22 2Q23 $123 $102 (17%) MIS Adjusted Operating Margin3 $322 $365 13% 55.4% 55.9% 50bps 2Q22 2Q23 C

  18. Slide 18: MA: Delivering Double-digit Growth; Capitalizing on Innovation Opportunities

    Performance Outlook MA: Delivering Double-digit Growth; Investment Thesis Capitalizing on Innovation Opportunities ARR1 Revenue1 Adjusted Operating Margin1 Increase by Increase in the approximately 30.2% 30% - 31% low-double-digit 10% percent range $2.8B 10% growth YE 2022 Growth YE 2023F Growth 202

  19. Slide 19: MIS: Full Year 2023 Forecast Raised on Constructive Market Conditions

    Performance Outlook MIS: Full Year 2023 Forecast Raised on Investment Thesis Constructive Market Conditions Total MIS-rated Issuance1,2 Revenue1 Adjusted Operating Margin1 Increase in the Increase in the mid-single-digit high-single-digit 55% - 56% percentage range 51.8% 3 percentage range $4.2T $2.

  20. Slide 20: MIS: Macroeconomic Assumptions Underpinning our Full Year 2023 Outlook

    Performance Outlook MIS: Macroeconomic Assumptions Investment Thesis Underpinning our Full Year 2023 Outlook Macroeconomic Assumptions1 Tailwinds Rates nearing their peaks for most major central banks as inflation eases Real GDP2 U.S.: 0.5% - 1.5%; Euro area: 0.0% - 1.0%; Global 1.5% - 2.5% ~$4T of

  21. Slide 21: Balancing Strategic Investments with Expense Management

    Performance Outlook Balancing Strategic Investments with Expense Management Investment Thesis FY 2022 vs. FY 2023F1 Increase in the mid-single-digit ~2% ~1% 0% - 1% percent range 3% - 4% (~2%) $3.6B FY 2022 Incentive & Stock-Based Operating Growth, Depreciation and Restructuring Charges FX FY 2023F

  22. Slide 22: MCO: Updated Full Year Guidance

    Performance Outlook MCO: Updated Full Year Guidance Investment Thesis Full Year 2023 Revenue Increase in the high-single-digit percent range Financial Outlook as Expenses Increase in the mid-single-digit percent range of July 25, 20231 Adjusted Operating Margin2 44% - 45% Interest Expense, Net $260

  23. Slide 23: MIS: Following Outsized Issuance in 2020 and 2021, Refinancing Needs Remain Significant

    Performance Outlook MIS: Following Outsized Issuance in 2020 and 2021, Investment Thesis Refinancing Needs Remain Significant MIS-Rated Q2 Non-Financial Global Corporate Investment Grade (IG) Issuance MIS-Rated Q2 Non-Financial Global Corporate High Yield (HY) Issuance IG Bond Issuance IG Bond Issua

  24. Slide 24: MA: Innovation Open House

    MA: Innovation Open House Save the Date Moody’s will hold an event on September 14, 2023 Thursday, September 14, 2023, to showcase Moody’s Analytics’ innovative product suite and approach to new technologies. Additional details to follow. Moody’s | Decode risk. Unlock opportunity. Second Quarter 202

  25. Slide 25: Teleconference Details

    Teleconference Details Webcast Dial In Dial In Replay » Go to ir.moodys.com » U.S. & Canada: +1-888-330-2508 » U.S. & Canada: +1-800-770-2030 » Click on “Events & Presentations” » Non-U.S. & Canada: +1-240-789-2735 » Non-U.S. & Canada: +1-647-362-9199 » Click on the link for » Passcode: 9302427 » Pa

  26. Slide 26: Moody's Attendance at Upcoming Conferences

    Moody’s Attendance at Upcoming Conferences Aug 9 Wells Fargo FinTech and Services Conference Sep 11 Barclays Global Financial Services Conference Moody’s | Decode risk. Unlock opportunity. Second Quarter 2023 - Earnings Call 26

  27. Slide 27: Appendix

    Appendix Moody’s | Decode risk. Unlock opportunity. Second Quarter 2023 - Earnings Call 27

  28. Slide 28: Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

    Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Term Definition AI Artificial Intelligence CFG Corporate finance group; an LOB within MIS D&I The Data & Information LOB within MA, which provides vast data sets on companies and securities via data feeds and data applications products The Decision Solutions LOB w

  29. Slide 29: Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR)

    Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR) The Company presents Annualized Recurring Revenue (“ARR”) on a constant currency organic basis for its MA business as a supplemental performance metric to provide additional insight on the estimated value of MA's recurring revenue contracts at a given point in time

  30. Slide 30: Financial Information by Segment

    Financial Information by Segment The following table shows revenue and Adjusted Operating Income by reportable segment. Adjusted Operating Income is a financial metric utilized by the Company’s chief operating decision maker to assess the profitability of each reportable segment. Moody’s | Decode ri

  31. Slide 31: Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted Operating Margin

    Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted Operating Margin The Company presents Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted Operating Margin because management deems these metrics to be useful measures to provide additional perspective on Moody's operating performance. Adjusted Operating Income excludes the

  32. Slide 32: Free Cash Flow

    Free Cash Flow The Company defines Free Cash Flow as net cash provided by operating activities minus payments for capital additions. Management believes that Free Cash Flow is a useful metric in assessing the Company’s cash flows to service debt, pay dividends and to fund acquisitions and share repu

  33. Slide 33: Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS Attributable to Moody's Common Shareholders

    Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS Attributable to Moody's Common Shareholders The Company presents Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS because management deems these metrics to be useful measures to provide additional perspective on Moody's operating performance. Adjusted Net Inc

  34. Slide 34: Moody's Decode risk. Unlock opportunity.

    © 2023 Moody’s Corporation, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., Moody’s Analytics, Inc. and/or their licensors and affiliates (collectively, “MOODY’S”). All To the extent permitted by law, MOODY’S and its directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, licensors and suppliers disclaim liabilit

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