Free Trial

Morningstar (MORN) Competitors

Morningstar logo
$293.19 +10.03 (+3.54%)
Closing price 05/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
Extended 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.

MORN vs. NYT, SSTK, DJCO, SCHL, VALU, MKTW, TRI, AMP, OWL, and TPG

Should 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.

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.

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 Ratio
Morningstar$2.28B5.52$141.10M$8.5734.21
New York Times$2.59B3.30$293.83M$1.7829.39

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MorningstarOutperform Votes
338
55.59%
Underperform Votes
270
44.41%
New York TimesOutperform Votes
348
61.05%
Underperform Votes
222
38.95%

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.

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)
2.67
New York Times
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

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%

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

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.

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.

Summary

Morningstar 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.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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 Chart

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.
Skip Chart

MORN vs. The Competition

MetricMorningstarInvestment advice IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$12.56B$10.86B$22.30B$8.03B
Dividend Yield0.65%24.59%2.59%4.23%
P/E Ratio38.7337.3631.2418.84
Price / Sales5.527.85172.94106.72
Price / Cash34.5217.7131.5134.62
Price / Book9.433.695.194.33
Net Income$141.10M$411.75M$195.08M$247.97M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MORN
Morningstar
4.2457 of 5 stars
$293.19
+3.5%
$366.67
+25.1%
+0.8%$12.56B$2.28B38.7312,200Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
NYT
New York Times
3.5794 of 5 stars
$51.37
+0.3%
$56.00
+9.0%
+17.6%$8.39B$2.59B28.865,800Upcoming Earnings
SSTK
Shutterstock
3.7805 of 5 stars
$16.92
-0.5%
$45.33
+167.9%
-59.8%$590.37M$935.26M16.591,330Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
DJCO
Daily Journal
0.2622 of 5 stars
$377.65
-0.9%
N/A+5.9%$520.02M$71.64M6.81320Positive News
SCHL
Scholastic
4.237 of 5 stars
$17.77
+0.5%
N/A-46.9%$499.36M$1.59B-98.726,880
VALU
Value Line
2.5411 of 5 stars
$41.18
+6.2%
N/A+9.4%$387.67M$35.70M17.52140Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MKTW
MarketWise
1.8126 of 5 stars
$12.82
-3.8%
N/A-59.2%$208.00M$408.70M106.84800Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
TRI
Thomson Reuters
3.821 of 5 stars
$182.41
+0.4%
$177.80
-2.5%
+13.2%$82.16B$7.26B37.3024,400Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
AMP
Ameriprise Financial
4.2938 of 5 stars
$468.16
+0.5%
$517.44
+10.5%
+16.3%$44.86B$17.26B14.1613,500Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
Gap Up
OWL
Blue Owl Capital
4.4511 of 5 stars
$18.75
+1.4%
$23.79
+26.9%
+1.7%$28.83B$2.30B110.30540Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
TPG
TPG
4.3446 of 5 stars
$46.75
+0.5%
$58.25
+24.6%
+9.0%$17.27B$2.54B-106.251,110Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NASDAQ:MORN) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners