Morningstar (MORN) Competitors $293.19 +10.03 (+3.54%) Closing price 05/2/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$293.29 +0.10 (+0.03%) As of 05/2/2025 06:29 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock MORN vs. NYT, SSTK, DJCO, SCHL, VALU, MKTW, TRI, AMP, OWL, and TPGShould you be buying Morningstar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morningstar include New York Times (NYT), Shutterstock (SSTK), Daily Journal (DJCO), Scholastic (SCHL), Value Line (VALU), MarketWise (MKTW), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Ameriprise Financial (AMP), Blue Owl Capital (OWL), and TPG (TPG). Morningstar vs. New York Times Shutterstock Daily Journal Scholastic Value Line MarketWise Thomson Reuters Ameriprise Financial Blue Owl Capital TPG Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) and New York Times (NYSE:NYT) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk. Which has better earnings and valuation, MORN or NYT? New York Times has higher revenue and earnings than Morningstar. New York Times is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morningstar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMorningstar$2.28B5.52$141.10M$8.5734.21New York Times$2.59B3.30$293.83M$1.7829.39 Does the MarketBeat Community favor MORN or NYT? New York Times received 10 more outperform votes than Morningstar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.05% of users gave New York Times an outperform vote while only 55.59% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMorningstarOutperform Votes33855.59% Underperform Votes27044.41% New York TimesOutperform Votes34861.05% Underperform Votes22238.95% Which has more risk and volatility, MORN or NYT? Morningstar has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New York Times has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts prefer MORN or NYT? Morningstar currently has a consensus target price of $366.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.06%. New York Times has a consensus target price of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.04%. Given Morningstar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Morningstar is more favorable than New York Times.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) 2.67New York Times 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.60 Is MORN or NYT more profitable? Morningstar has a net margin of 14.69% compared to New York Times' net margin of 11.36%. Morningstar's return on equity of 23.28% beat New York Times' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Morningstar14.69% 23.28% 9.66% New York Times 11.36%18.51%12.42% Does the media prefer MORN or NYT? In the previous week, New York Times had 151 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 182 mentions for New York Times and 31 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat New York Times' score of 0.06 indicating that Morningstar is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Morningstar 14 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 10 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive New York Times 18 Very Positive mention(s) 23 Positive mention(s) 91 Neutral mention(s) 38 Negative mention(s) 12 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Is MORN or NYT a better dividend stock? Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. New York Times pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Morningstar pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New York Times pays out 40.4% 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 New York Times has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MORN or NYT? 57.0% of Morningstar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of New York Times shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Morningstar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of New York Times shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. SummaryMorningstar beats New York Times on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Morningstar News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MORN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart MORN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMorningstarInvestment advice IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$12.56B$10.86B$22.30B$8.03BDividend Yield0.65%24.59%2.59%4.23%P/E Ratio38.7337.3631.2418.84Price / Sales5.527.85172.94106.72Price / Cash34.5217.7131.5134.62Price / Book9.433.695.194.33Net Income$141.10M$411.75M$195.08M$247.97M7 Day Performance4.48%1.95%1.79%3.17%1 Month Performance0.79%5.33%8.57%8.24%1 Year Performance-0.29%4.65%15.02%4.98% Morningstar Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MORNMorningstar4.2457 of 5 stars$293.19+3.5%$366.67+25.1%+0.8%$12.56B$2.28B38.7312,200Earnings ReportAnalyst UpgradeShort Interest ↑NYTNew York Times3.5794 of 5 stars$51.37+0.3%$56.00+9.0%+17.6%$8.39B$2.59B28.865,800Upcoming EarningsSSTKShutterstock3.7805 of 5 stars$16.92-0.5%$45.33+167.9%-59.8%$590.37M$935.26M16.591,330Earnings ReportNews CoverageGap UpDJCODaily Journal0.2622 of 5 stars$377.65-0.9%N/A+5.9%$520.02M$71.64M6.81320Positive NewsSCHLScholastic4.237 of 5 stars$17.77+0.5%N/A-46.9%$499.36M$1.59B-98.726,880VALUValue Line2.5411 of 5 stars$41.18+6.2%N/A+9.4%$387.67M$35.70M17.52140Short Interest ↓Positive NewsMKTWMarketWise1.8126 of 5 stars$12.82-3.8%N/A-59.2%$208.00M$408.70M106.84800Dividend AnnouncementShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsTRIThomson Reuters3.821 of 5 stars$182.41+0.4%$177.80-2.5%+13.2%$82.16B$7.26B37.3024,400Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageAMPAmeriprise Financial4.2938 of 5 stars$468.16+0.5%$517.44+10.5%+16.3%$44.86B$17.26B14.1613,500Dividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastBuyback AnnouncementShort Interest ↑Positive NewsGap UpOWLBlue Owl Capital4.4511 of 5 stars$18.75+1.4%$23.79+26.9%+1.7%$28.83B$2.30B110.30540Earnings ReportDividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsTPGTPG4.3446 of 5 stars$46.75+0.5%$58.25+24.6%+9.0%$17.27B$2.54B-106.251,110Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies New York Times Competitors Shutterstock Competitors Daily Journal Competitors Scholastic Competitors Value Line Competitors MarketWise Competitors Thomson Reuters Competitors Ameriprise Financial Competitors Blue Owl Capital Competitors TPG Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:MORN) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThink NVDA’s run was epic? 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