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SEGMENT INFORMATION
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT INFORMATION SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company is organized into two operating segments: MA and MIS and accordingly, the Company reports in two reportable segments: MA and MIS.
The MA segment develops a wide range of products and services that support the risk management activities of institutional participants in global financial markets. The MA segment consists of three LOBs - Decision Solutions, Research and Insights, and Data and Information.
The MIS segment consists of five LOBs. The CFG, FIG, PPIF and SFG 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 professional services.
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. Additionally, revenue for MIS and expenses for MA include intersegment fees charged to MA for the rights to use and distribute content, data and products developed by MIS. These intersegment fees are generally based on the market value of the products and services being transferred between the segments.
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” established in 2019, which 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 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. Refer to Note 2 for further details on the components of the Company’s revenue.
Three Months Ended September 30,
20232022
MA
MIS
Eliminations
Consolidated
MA
MIS
Eliminations
Consolidated
Total external revenue$776 $696 $— $1,472 $685 $590 $— $1,275 
Intersegment revenue3 47 (50)— 2 43 (45)— 
Revenue779 743 (50)1,472 687 633 (45)1,275 
Operating, SG&A517 348 (50)815 479 344 (45)778 
Adjusted Operating Income$262 $395 $— $657 $208 $289 $— $497 
Add:

Depreciation and
amortization		76 19 — 95 62 21 — 83 
Restructuring22 5 — 27 1 — — 1 
Operating Income$535 $413 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
20232022
MA
MIS
Eliminations
Consolidated
MA
MIS
Eliminations
Consolidated
Total external revenue$2,260 $2,176 $— $4,436 $2,055 $2,123 $— $4,178 
Intersegment revenue10 138 (148)— 5 129 (134)— 
Revenue2,270 2,314 (148)4,436 2,060 2,252 (134)4,178 
Operating, SG&A1,584 1,034 (148)2,470 1,423 1,038 (134)2,327 
Adjusted Operating Income$686 $1,280 $— $1,966 $637 $1,214 $— $1,851 
Add:
Depreciation and amortization220 56 — 276 182 60 — 242 
Restructuring38 13 — 51 17 15 — 32 
Operating Income$1,639 $1,577 
The table below shows cumulative restructuring expense incurred through September 30, 2023 by reportable segment.
MAMISTotal
2022 - 2023 Geolocation Restructuring Program$87 $77 $164 
The costs expected to be incurred related to the 2022 - 2023 Geolocation Restructuring Program are $100 million - $110 million for the MA segment and $85 million - $95 million for the MIS segment.
The restructuring program is more fully discussed in Note 10.
Consolidated Revenue Information by Geographic Area
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2023202220232022
United States$768 $668 $2,320 $2,214 
Non-U.S.:
EMEA455 393 1,376 1,271 
Asia-Pacific145 129 442 422 
Americas104 85 298 271 
Total Non-U.S.704 607 2,116 1,964 
Total$1,472 $1,275 $4,436 $4,178