NASDAQ:MORN - Morningstar Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Morningstar announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, July 27th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 5th. View Morningstar's Dividend History.

Morningstar declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Saturday, December 9th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORN) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 25th. The business services provider reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.28. The business services provider had revenue of $252.40 million for the quarter. Morningstar had a return on equity of 17.53% and a net margin of 16.15%. View Morningstar's Earnings History.

Morningstar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Morningstar.

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Press coverage about MORN stock has been trending positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Morningstar earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.35 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the business services provider an impact score of 51.68 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Morningstar.

Morningstar's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (1.84%), FMR LLC (1.75%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.41%), Royce & Associates LP (1.41%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.92%) and Bank of America Corp DE (0.63%). Company insiders that own Morningstar stock include Bevin Desmond, Gail S Landis, Jack Noonan, Joseph D Mansueto, Steven N Kaplan, Tricia Rothschild 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Mackay Shields LLC, Zebra Capital Management LLC and Bridgewater Associates LP. Company insiders that have sold Morningstar company stock in the last year include Bevin Desmond, Gail S Landis, Jack Noonan, Joseph D Mansueto, Steven N Kaplan and William M Lyons. View Insider Buying and Selling for Morningstar.

MORN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, BTIM Corp., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Chicago Capital LLC, Palo Capital Inc., Brown Advisory Inc. and Welch & Forbes 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MORN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $134.76.

Morningstar has a market capitalization of $5.64 billion and generates $911.70 million in revenue each year. Morningstar employs 4,920 workers across the globe.

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]