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

Morningstar trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MORN."

Morningstar announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 4th. Investors of record on Friday, October 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Thursday, October 31st. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.70%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 17th. View Morningstar's Dividend History.

Morningstar announced that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Saturday, December 9th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORN) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The business services provider reported $0.98 EPS for the quarter. The business services provider had revenue of $273.90 million for the quarter. Morningstar had a net margin of 16.52% and a return on equity of 17.36%. View Morningstar's Earnings History.

Morningstar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Morningstar.

Media stories about MORN stock have trended very negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Morningstar earned a news sentiment score of -3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Morningstar.

Morningstar saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 329,500 shares, an increase of 15.3% from the August 15th total of 285,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 88,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 1.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Morningstar's Current Options Chain.

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Morningstar's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.32%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.28%), YHB Investment Advisors Inc. (0.05%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.05%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.04%) and Cardinal Capital Management (0.03%). Company insiders that own Morningstar stock include Bevin Desmond, Gail S Landis, Jack Noonan, Joseph D Mansueto, Steven N Kaplan and William M Lyons. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Morningstar.

MORN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Confluence Investment Management LLC, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, Cardinal Capital Management, Welch & Forbes LLC and Navellier & Associates Inc. Company insiders that have sold Morningstar company stock in the last year include Gail S Landis, Joseph D Mansueto and William M Lyons. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morningstar.

MORN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., NEXT Financial Group Inc, Boston Trust Walden Corp, YHB Investment Advisors Inc., North Star Investment Management Corp. and Signaturefd LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morningstar.

Shares of MORN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MORN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $159.61.

Morningstar has a market capitalization of $6.82 billion and generates $1.02 billion in revenue each year. Morningstar employs 5,416 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Morningstar.

The official website for Morningstar is http://www.morningstar.com/.

Morningstar's mailing address is 22 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO IL, 60602. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 312-696-6000 or via email at [email protected]