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

244.00 3.17 −1.28%
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) Return on equity

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Morningstar, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 35.1%, up 8.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (26.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.38% (fiscal 2022) to 26.4% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 17.0% and above the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 26.4% 1.24
FY2024 25.1% 13.98
FY2023 11.1% 5.75
FY2022 5.38% (9.01)
FY2021 14.4% (4.60)
FY2020 19.0% 3.93
FY2019 15.1% (5.98)
FY2018 21.0% 2.81
FY2017 18.2% (5.85)
FY2016 24.1% 3.60

Against its own ten years

Low 5.38% High 26.4%
Ten-year median 19.0%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
MCO Moody's Corporation compare 76.6%
MORN Morningstar, Inc. 35.1%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 27.3%
FDS FactSet Research Systems Inc. compare 25.5%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. compare 17.3%
TRU TransUnion compare 16.7%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 14.2%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare −4.68%
MSCI MSCI Inc compare −56.1%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 17.0%
Financial sector median 9.01%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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