NASDAQ:MORN - Morningstar Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Morningstar announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Tuesday, April 30th. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 4th. View Morningstar's Dividend History.

Morningstar declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Saturday, December 9th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORN) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 24th. The business services provider reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter. The business services provider earned $258.90 million during the quarter. Morningstar had a return on equity of 17.95% and a net margin of 16.84%. View Morningstar's Earnings History.

Morningstar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Morningstar.

News articles about MORN stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Morningstar earned a coverage optimism score of 1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Morningstar's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (3.85%), FMR LLC (3.64%), BlackRock Inc. (1.91%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.63%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.57%) and Royce & Associates LP (1.27%). 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 Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Victory Capital Management Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Royce & Associates LP and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold Morningstar company stock in the last year include Bevin Desmond, 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 FMR LLC, Mawer Investment Management Ltd., Marshall Wace LLP, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Eagle Asset Management Inc. and Miracle Mile Advisors 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 $134.44.

Morningstar has a market capitalization of $5.74 billion and generates $1.02 billion in revenue each year. Morningstar employs 5,416 workers across the globe.

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]