Morningstar, Inc.

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Morningstar, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.4 billion, up 7.49% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.86%
EPS
+41.7%
Free cash flow
−2.94%
Total debt
+97.8%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

244.03 3.14 −1.27%
Market cap
$9.2B
P/E
21.5×
Fwd P/E
19.7×
Dividend yield
0.81%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Morningstar, Inc. (MORN) Free cash flow margin

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Morningstar, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 18.8%, up 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.00% (fiscal 2022) to 23.4% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is below the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 32.1% and above the Financial sector median of 11.4%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 18.1% (1.63)
FY2024 19.7% 10.05
FY2023 9.68% 0.68
FY2022 9.00% (11.48)
FY2021 20.5% (1.66)
FY2020 22.1% 0.56
FY2019 21.6% (1.82)
FY2018 23.4% 3.27
FY2017 20.1% 1.23
FY2016 18.9% (4.45)

Against its own ten years

Low 9.00% High 23.4%
Ten-year median 20.1%
Current reading's percentile 27

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 47.9%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 44.3%
MSCI MSCI Inc compare 42.4%
MCO Moody's Corporation compare 36.4%
FDS FactSet Research Systems Inc. compare 28.6%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. compare 24.7%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare 20.3%
MORN Morningstar, Inc. 18.8%
TRU TransUnion compare 18.1%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 32.1%
Financial sector median 11.4%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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