Morningstar Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:MORN)

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Morningstar in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" MORN shares.
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2 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Morningstar's shares. Their MORN share price targets range from $320.00 to $320.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $320.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.5% from the stock's current price.
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Morningstar's stock was trading at $216.59 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, MORN stock has increased by 26.9% and is now trading at $274.76.
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Morningstar saw a decrease in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 583,700 shares, a decrease of 16.9% from the October 31st total of 702,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 260,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 2.2% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 22nd 2024.
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Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORN) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 25th. The business services provider reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter. The business services provider had revenue of $515.50 million for the quarter. Morningstar had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.09% and a net margin of 3.59%.

Morningstar announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 1st. Investors of record on Friday, January 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.405 per share on Wednesday, January 31st. This represents a $1.62 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 4th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.38.
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Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.55%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 90.91%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Morningstar investors own include AT&T (T), Pfizer (PFE), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Verizon Communications (VZ), Adobe (ADBE), Align Technology (ALGN), Salesforce (CRM), Walt Disney (DIS), Starbucks (SBUX) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH).

Morningstar's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Morgan Stanley (4.58%), Bamco Inc. NY (3.11%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (2.93%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.36%), Liontrust Investment Partners LLP (1.06%) and FMR LLC (1.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Bevin Desmond, Caroline J Tsay, Daniel Joseph Dunn, Gail S Landis, Jason Dubinsky, Joseph D Mansueto, Joseph D Mansueto, Peter G Thomson, Robin Diamonte, Steven N Kaplan and William M Lyons.
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