Broad-based revenue growth across segments
Three-month revenue increased 10% year over year to $4.146B, with growth at all reportable segments. Ratings benefited from strong investment-grade corporate bond issuance and surveillance activity; Indices benefited from higher ETF and mutual-fund assets under management; Market Intelligence benefited from subscriptions, Lending Solutions, RatingsXpress, and higher recurring-variable volumes. Source: 10-Q Item 2 MD&A, pp.33, 37.
Margins expanded despite higher investment and compensation costs
Operating profit rose 17% to $1.812B and operating margin improved to 44% from 41%. Management attributed the increase primarily to revenue growth, partly offset by annual merit increases, added headcount, and strategic-initiative investments; excluding specified disposition, legal, gain, and acquisition-amortization items, operating profit increased 14%. Source: 10-Q Item 2 MD&A, p.33.
Transaction and asset-linked revenue outgrew subscriptions
In 2026-Q2, non-subscription/transaction revenue rose 20% to $895M and asset-linked fees increased 22% to $348M, outpacing the 6% increase in subscription revenue to $2.064B. The transaction increase was primarily driven by corporate bond ratings revenue, while asset-linked-fee growth reflected higher ETF and mutual-fund assets under management. Source: 10-Q Item 2 MD&A, pp.36-37.