SEGMENT INFORMATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

The Company is organized into two operating segments: MIS and MA and accordingly, the Company reports in two reportable segments: MIS and MA.

The MIS segment consists of five LOBs. The CFG, SFG, FIG and PPIF LOBs generate revenue principally from fees for the assignment and ongoing monitoring of credit ratings on debt obligations and the entities that issue such obligations in markets worldwide. The MIS Other LOB primarily consists of financial instruments pricing services in the Asia-Pacific region, ICRA non-ratings revenue and revenue from providing ESG research, data and assessments.

The MA segment develops a wide range of products and services that support the risk management activities of institutional participants in global financial markets. Beginning in the first quarter of 2020, the MA segment now consists of two LOBs - RD&A and ERS. Subsequent to the divestiture of MAKS in the fourth quarter of 2019, the MALS business, which was historically part of the PS LOB through December 31, 2019, was reclassified to the RD&A LOB. Prior year revenue by LOB has not been reclassified as the amounts relating to the MALS business were not material.

Revenue for MIS and expenses for MA include an intersegment royalty charged to MA for the rights to use and distribute content, data and products developed by MIS. The royalty rate charged by MIS approximates the fair value of the aforementioned content, data and products and is generally based on comparable market transactions. Also, revenue for MA and expenses for MIS include an intersegment fee charged to MIS from MA for certain MA products and services utilized in MIS’s ratings process. These fees charged by MA are generally equal to the costs incurred by MA to produce these products and services.

Overhead expenses include costs such as rent and occupancy, information technology and support staff such as finance, human resources and legal. Such costs and corporate expenses that exclusively benefit one segment are fully charged to that segment.

For overhead costs and corporate expenses that benefit both segments, costs are allocated to each segment based on the segment’s share of full-year 2018 actual revenue which comprises a “Baseline Pool” that will remain fixed over time. In subsequent periods, incremental overhead costs (or reductions thereof) will be allocated to each segment based on the prevailing shares of total revenue represented by each segment.

“Eliminations” in the following table represent intersegment revenue/expense. Moody’s does not report the Company’s assets by reportable segment, as this metric is not used by the chief operating decision maker to allocate resources to the segments. Consequently, it is not practical to show assets by reportable segment.

Financial Information by Segment

The table below shows revenue, Adjusted Operating Income and 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. Refer to Note 3 for further details on the components of the Company’s revenue.


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020														2019
	MIS		MA		Eliminations		Consolidated		MIS		MA		Eliminations		Consolidated
Revenue	$	831	$	498	$	(39)	$	1,290	$	702	$	474	$	(34)	$	1,142
Total Expenses	343		394		(39)		698		336		378		(34)		680
Operating income	488		104		—		592		366		96		—		462
Add:
Restructuring	(1)		—		—		(1)		3		3		—		6
Depreciation and amortization	16		33		—		49		17		33		—		50
Acquisition-Related Expenses	—		—		—		—		—		1		—		1
Loss pursuant to the divestiture of MAKS	—		9		—		9		—		—		—		—

Adjusted Operating Income	$	503	$	146	$	—	$	649	$	386	$	133	$	—	$	519

Consolidated Revenue Information by Geographic Area

Consolidated Revenue Information by Geographic Area:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019
United States	$	714	$	612
Non-U.S.:
EMEA	363		333
Asia-Pacific	136		132
Americas	77		65
Total Non-U.S.	576		530
Total	$	1,290	$	1,142