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Ticker
MORN

Price
158.31
Stock movement down
-1.72 (-1.07%)
Company name
Morningstar Inc
Exchange
(NASDAQ
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Financial Services >
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Market cap
6.51B
Ent value
8.08B
Price/Sales
2.72
Price/Book
4.30
Div yield
1.26%
Div growth
16.18%
Growth years
11
FCF payout
19.11%
Trailing P/E
17.32
Forward P/E
14.62
PEG
1.08
EPS growth
19.52%
1 year return (CAGR)
-51.85%
3 year return (CAGR)
-12.85%
5 year return (CAGR)
-7.89%
10 year return (CAGR)
7.69%
Last updated: 2026-02-20

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share2.00
Dividend yield1.26%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield1.30%
Average yield0.60%
Minimum yield0.42%
Discount to avg yield52.19%
Upside potential109.17%
Yield as % of max yield97.28%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield1.26%
Current yield distribution0.16%
Yield at 100% (Min)0.42%
Yield at 90%0.48%
Yield at 80%0.51%
Yield at 50% (Median)0.58%
Yield at 20%0.68%
Yield at 10%0.78%
Yield at 0% (Max)1.30%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth11 years
CCC statusDividend Contender
Dividend per share2.00
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date2 Apr 2026
EPS (TTM)8.83
EPS (1y forward)10.83
EPS growth (5y)19.52%
EPS growth (5y forward)16.00%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
MORNS&P500
DGR MR9.89%-13.74%
DGR TTM12.99%6.60%
DGR 3 years10.06%7.31%
DGR 5 years16.18%4.69%
DGR 10 years8.56%6.30%
DGR 15 years-8.16%
Time since last change announced81 days
EPS growth (5y)19.52%
EPS growth (5y forward)16.00%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM20.03%19.11%
Average--
Forward18.47%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E17.32
Price to OCF12.08
Price to FCF16.52
Price to EBITDA10.31
EV to EBITDA12.80

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales2.72
Price to Book4.30
EV to Sales3.37

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count41.13M
EPS (TTM)8.83
FCF per share (TTM)9.25

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)2.40B
Gross profit (TTM)1.46B
Operating income (TTM)407.90M
Net income (TTM)376.00M
EPS (TTM)8.83
EPS (1y forward)10.83

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)60.93%
Operating margin (TTM)17.03%
Profit margin (TTM)15.70%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash474.20M
Net receivables363.90M
Total current assets979.20M
Goodwill1.61B
Intangible assets396.00M
Property, plant and equipment1.28B
Total assets3.56B
Accounts payable90.40M
Short/Current long term debt1.04B
Total current liabilities945.50M
Total liabilities2.04B
Shareholder's equity1.51B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)539.10M
Capital expenditures (TTM)145.00M
Free cash flow (TTM)394.10M
Dividends paid (TTM)75.30M

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity24.83%
Return on Assets10.57%
Return on Invested Capital24.20%
Cash Return on Invested Capital25.36%

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open161.76
Daily high164.54
Daily low155.80
Daily Volume993K
All-time high359.35
1y analyst estimate280.67
Beta1.08
EPS (TTM)8.83
Dividend per share2.00
Ex-div date2 Apr 2026
Next earnings date29 Apr 2026

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
MORNS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-55.94%-1.82%
Highest price drop-67.92%-56.47%
Date of highest drop20 Nov 20089 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-18.21%-10.84%
Avg time to new high26 days12 days
Max time to new high1489 days1805 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
MORN (Morningstar Inc) company logo
Marketcap
6.51B
Marketcap category
Mid-cap
Description
Morningstar, Inc. provides independent investment insights in the United States, Asia, Australia, Canada, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates in five segments: Morningstar Data and Analytics; PitchBook; Morningstar Wealth; Morningstar Credit; and Morningstar Retirement. The company offers managed investments, including mutual funds, ETFs, separate accounts, collective investment trusts, model portfolios, equities, and fixed income securities; Morningstar Direct is an investment-analysis and reporting application; Morningstar Advisor Workstation, a suite of tools to provide advice to clients. It also provides PitchBook that offers data and research covering the private capital markets comprising venture capital, private equity, private credit and bank loans, and merger and acquisition activities through the PitchBook platform; model portfolios and wealth platforms; Morningstar Model Portfolios, an advisor service with model portfolios for fee-based independent financial advisors; and Morningstar.com that discovers, evaluates, and monitors stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds, as well as build and monitor portfolios and markets. In addition, the company offers credit ratings, research, data, and credit analytics solutions; Morningstar DBRS which offers securitizations and other structured finance instruments, such as asset-backed securities, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, and collateralized loan obligations. Further, it provides managed retirement accounts, fiduciary services, Morningstar Lifetime Allocation funds, and custom models; Morningstar Sustainalytics provides environmental, social and governance data, research, and ratings; and Morningstar Indexes offers market indexes used for performance benchmarks and as the basis for investment products and other portfolio strategies. Morningstar, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Employees
11154
Investor relations
SEC filings
CEO
Joe Mansueto
Country
USA
City
Chicago
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
Dividend Contender
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
EventsPresentations
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