morningstar inc - MORN

MORN

Close Chg Chg %
158.97 1.78 1.12%

Open Market

160.75

+1.78 (1.12%)

Volume: 205.82K

Last Updated:

Mar 26, 2026, 2:49 PM EDT

Company Overview: morningstar inc - MORN

MORN Key Data

Open

$158.66

Day Range

158.66 - 164.09

52 Week Range

149.08 - 316.71

Market Cap

$6.29B

Shares Outstanding

39.58M

Public Float

21.63M

Beta

1.10

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

17.93

EPS

$8.96

Yield

117.32%

Dividend

$0.50

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Apr 2, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

526.19K

 

MORN Performance

1 Week
 
-11.22%
 
1 Month
 
-13.20%
 
3 Months
 
-27.43%
 
1 Year
 
-46.31%
 
5 Years
 
-29.78%
 

MORN Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 2
Full Ratings ➔

About morningstar inc - MORN

Morningstar, Inc. engages in the provision of investment research. It offers Morningstar data, direct, investment management, advisor workstation, workplace solutions, pitchbook data, enterprise components, research, credit ratings and indexes. It operates through the following segments: Morningstar Data and Analytics, PitchBook, Morningstar Wealth, Morningstar Credit, Morningstar Retirement, and Corporate and All Other. The Morningstar Data and Analytics segment is involved in providing investors data, research and insights, and investment analysis to empower investment decision-making. The PitchBook segment focuses on providing investors with access to a broad collection of data and research covering the private capital markets, including venture capital, private equity, private credit and bank loans, and merger and acquisition activities. The Morningstar Wealth segment refers to model portfolios and wealth platform, practice and portfolio management software for registered investment advisers, data aggregation, enrichment capabilities, and individual investor platform. The Morningstar Credit segment includes credit ratings, research, data, and credit analytics solutions that contribute to the transparency of international and domestic credit markets. The Morningstar Retirement segment offers products designed to help individuals reach retirement goals. The company was founded by Joseph D. Mansueto on May 16, 1984, and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

MORN At a Glance

Morningstar, Inc.
22 West Washington Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Phone 1-312-696-6000 Revenue 2.45B
Industry Financial Publishing/Services Net Income 374.20M
Sector Commercial Services 2025 Sales Growth 7.49%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 10,973
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MORN Valuation

P/E Current 17.928
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 24.507
Price to Sales Ratio 3.75
Price to Book Ratio 7.068
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 15.55
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 13.846
Enterprise Value to Sales 4.049
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.127

MORN Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 222,865.215
Income Per Employee 34,101.886
Receivables Turnover 6.015
Total Asset Turnover 0.685

MORN Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.952
Quick Ratio 0.952
Cash Ratio 0.502

MORN Profitability

Gross Margin 53.269
Operating Margin 21.48
Pretax Margin 20.27
Net Margin 15.302
Return on Assets 10.483
Return on Equity 26.347
Return on Total Capital 15.07
Return on Invested Capital 15.185

MORN Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 103.208
Total Debt to Total Capital 50.789
Total Debt to Total Assets 35.126
Long-Term Debt to Equity 99.787
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 49.106
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Annual Financials for Morningstar Inc - MORN

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
1.87B 2.04B 2.28B 2.45B
Sales Growth
+10.08% +8.98% +11.60% +7.49%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
945.90M 1.03B 1.09B 1.14B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
166.60M 184.90M 190.40M 189.90M
Depreciation
99.90M 114.40M 125.90M 130.10M
Amortization of Intangibles
66.70M 70.50M 64.50M 59.80M
COGS Growth
+11.40% +8.72% +5.61% +5.22%
Gross Income
924.70M 1.01B 1.19B 1.30B
Gross Income Growth
+8.76% +9.25% +17.70% +9.56%
Gross Profit Margin
+49.43% +49.55% +52.26% +53.27%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
692.50M 757.30M 759.70M 779.60M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
692.50M 757.30M 759.70M 779.60M
SGA Growth
+26.18% +9.36% +0.32% +2.62%
Other Operating Expense
- - - (2.20M)
-
Unusual Expense
64.40M 22.30M 8.50M 21.40M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
167.80M 230.60M 420.80M 503.90M
Non Operating Income/Expense
(10.70M) 4.20M 103.00M 31.80M
Non-Operating Interest Income
1.70M 9.00M 12.20M 11.40M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
(3.60M) (19.20M) (17.40M) (3.30M)
Interest Expense
30.10M 60.70M 49.90M 40.00M
Interest Expense Growth
+189.42% +101.66% -17.79% -19.84%
Gross Interest Expense
30.10M 60.70M 49.90M 40.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
127.00M 174.10M 473.90M 495.70M
Pretax Income Growth
-50.37% +37.09% +172.20% +4.60%
Pretax Margin
+6.79% +8.54% +20.83% +20.27%
Income Tax
56.50M 33.00M 104.00M 121.50M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
64.00M 41.10M 104.30M 118.40M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
30.10M 24.30M 34.30M 45.40M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(27.60M) (19.80M) (24.10M) (35.40M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(10.00M) (12.60M) (10.50M) (6.90M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
(3.60M) (19.20M) (17.40M) (3.30M)
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
70.50M 141.10M 369.90M 374.20M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
70.50M 141.10M 369.90M 374.20M
Net Income Growth
-63.53% +100.14% +162.15% +1.16%
Net Margin Growth
+3.77% +6.92% +16.26% +15.30%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
70.50M 141.10M 369.90M 374.20M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
70.50M 141.10M 369.90M 374.20M
EPS (Basic)
1.6549 3.3122 8.6425 8.9308
EPS (Basic) Growth
-63.19% +100.15% +160.93% +3.34%
Basic Shares Outstanding
42.60M 42.60M 42.80M 41.90M
EPS (Diluted)
1.6434 3.289 8.5824 8.8673
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-63.10% +100.13% +160.94% +3.32%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
42.90M 42.90M 43.10M 42.20M
EBITDA
398.80M 437.80M 619.70M 715.20M
EBITDA Growth
-11.79% +9.78% +41.55% +15.41%
EBITDA Margin
+21.32% +21.48% +27.24% +29.25%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation BUY Average Target Price 246.00
Number of Ratings 2 Current Quarters Estimate 2.654
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 11.363
Last Quarter’s Earnings 2.71 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 9.86 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 13.154
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 2 2 2 2
Mean Estimate 2.65 2.79 11.36 13.15
High Estimates 2.69 2.92 11.73 13.99
Low Estimate 2.62 2.66 11.00 12.32
Coefficient of Variance 1.79 6.63 4.52 8.97

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 2 2 2
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 0 1 1
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Buy Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Morningstar Inc - MORN

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
May 21, 2025 Kunal Kapoor CEO; Director 138,292 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 21, 2025 Kunal Kapoor CEO; Director 144,959 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Kunal Kapoor CEO; Director 138,058 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $306.41 per share 42,302,351.78
May 21, 2025 Kunal Kapoor CEO; Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Kunal Kapoor CEO; Director 7,477 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 21, 2025 Cheryl A. Francis Director 35,790 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 21, 2025 Robin Diamonte Director 10,194 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 21, 2025 Gail S. Landis Director 6,069 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 21, 2025 Caroline J. Tsay Director 4,545 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 21, 2025 Caroline J. Tsay Director 4,345 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $309.84 per share 1,346,254.80
May 21, 2025 Conan Wiersema CAO & PAO 1,477 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 21, 2025 Conan Wiersema CAO & PAO 1,522 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Conan Wiersema CAO & PAO 1,436 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $306.41 per share 440,004.76
May 21, 2025 Conan Wiersema CAO & PAO N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Conan Wiersema CAO & PAO 203 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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