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MORN vs. NDAQ, MCO, MSCI, NYT, SSTK, SCHL, DJCO, VALU, MKTW, and TRI

Should you be buying Morningstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morningstar include Nasdaq (NDAQ), Moody's (MCO), MSCI (MSCI), New York Times (NYT), Shutterstock (SSTK), Scholastic (SCHL), Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) (DJCO), Value Line (VALU), MarketWise (MKTW), and Thomson Reuters (TRI).

Morningstar vs. Its Competitors

Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) and Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Morningstar presently has a consensus target price of $361.67, indicating a potential upside of 30.08%. Nasdaq has a consensus target price of $96.63, indicating a potential upside of 1.88%. Given Morningstar's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Morningstar is more favorable than Nasdaq.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Morningstar
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Nasdaq
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

In the previous week, Nasdaq had 34 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Nasdaq and 9 mentions for Morningstar. Nasdaq's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Morningstar's score of 0.80 indicating that Nasdaq is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Morningstar
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nasdaq
20 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Nasdaq pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Morningstar pays out 20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nasdaq pays out 49.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Morningstar has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Nasdaq has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

57.0% of Morningstar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.5% of Nasdaq shares are held by institutional investors. 36.2% of Morningstar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Nasdaq shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Nasdaq has higher revenue and earnings than Morningstar. Morningstar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nasdaq, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Morningstar$2.28B5.16$369.90M$8.9031.24
Nasdaq$7.40B7.36$1.12B$2.2043.11

Morningstar has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nasdaq has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Nasdaq has a net margin of 18.59% compared to Morningstar's net margin of 16.60%. Morningstar's return on equity of 23.23% beat Nasdaq's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Morningstar16.60% 23.23% 10.26%
Nasdaq 18.59%15.90%5.95%

Summary

Nasdaq beats Morningstar on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MORN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MORN vs. The Competition

MetricMorningstarBUSINESS INFO SVC IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.76B$21.27B$19.03B$9.50B
Dividend Yield0.65%1.72%2.73%4.01%
P/E Ratio31.2433.7229.5320.05
Price / Sales5.164.3050.4889.38
Price / Cash22.5018.7327.3958.56
Price / Book7.3738.656.265.87
Net Income$369.90M$508.90M$197.18M$258.55M
7 Day Performance-3.64%0.97%1.55%3.73%
1 Month Performance-10.47%-0.95%5.45%11.75%
1 Year Performance-14.80%2.01%26.56%18.03%

Morningstar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MORN
Morningstar
4.5569 of 5 stars
$278.03
-0.1%
$361.67
+30.1%
-13.8%$11.76B$2.28B31.2411,085Upcoming Earnings
NDAQ
Nasdaq
4.5727 of 5 stars
$89.66
+0.3%
$90.69
+1.1%
+41.0%$51.48B$7.40B40.759,162Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
MCO
Moody's
4.6402 of 5 stars
$503.74
+0.8%
$519.07
+3.0%
+17.3%$90.62B$7.23B43.5015,838Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MSCI
MSCI
4.6041 of 5 stars
$570.65
+0.9%
$651.55
+14.2%
+1.5%$44.15B$2.86B39.226,132Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
NYT
New York Times
3.4568 of 5 stars
$56.20
+0.4%
$56.40
+0.4%
-1.4%$9.16B$2.59B30.545,900Trending News
SSTK
Shutterstock
3.9481 of 5 stars
$18.81
-2.0%
$43.67
+132.1%
-51.9%$663.13M$963.57M17.261,715News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
SCHL
Scholastic
4.2549 of 5 stars
$21.66
+1.0%
N/A-13.7%$608.65M$1.59B36.106,660Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
DJCO
Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)
0.9118 of 5 stars
$395.06
+1.5%
N/A-11.7%$544.00M$73.25M5.15320News Coverage
Positive News
VALU
Value Line
2.0518 of 5 stars
$37.78
-1.0%
N/A-19.9%$355.51M$37.49M16.57140Dividend Announcement
MKTW
MarketWise
3.4477 of 5 stars
$17.97
+0.8%
N/A-11.7%$291.65M$408.70M5.97800Positive News
TRI
Thomson Reuters
4.1719 of 5 stars
$214.21
+7.6%
$187.30
-12.6%
+25.3%$96.51B$7.27B43.8124,400Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:MORN) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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