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. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.71%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 17th. View Morningstar's Dividend History.

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

Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:MORN) posted its 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 return on equity of 17.36% and a net margin of 16.52%. 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 coverage about MORN stock has been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media 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 -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Morningstar earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Morningstar.

Morningstar saw a increase in short interest during 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 daily volume of 88,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Morningstar's Current Options Chain.

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Morningstar's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.28%), YHB Investment Advisors Inc. (0.05%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.05%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.04%), Cardinal Capital Management (0.03%) and TrimTabs Asset Management LLC (0.02%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., NEXT Financial Group Inc, 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 $157.00.

Morningstar has a market capitalization of $6.71 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]