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) Return on invested capital

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Morningstar, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 18.5%, down 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.51% (fiscal 2022) to 30.4% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 10.6% and above the Financial sector median of 4.70%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 18.6% 1.48
FY2024 17.2% 9.62
FY2023 7.54% 2.03
FY2022 5.51% (7.19)
FY2021 12.7% 2.32
FY2020 10.4% 0.74
FY2019 9.64% (12.51)
FY2018 22.2% 5.35
FY2017 16.8% (0.78)
FY2016 17.6% (12.81)

Against its own ten years

Low 5.51% High 30.4%
Ten-year median 16.8%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
MSCI MSCI Inc compare 34.7%
MCO Moody's Corporation compare 26.2%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 25.7%
MORN Morningstar, Inc. 18.5%
FDS FactSet Research Systems Inc. compare 14.1%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. compare 8.56%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 8.08%
TRU TransUnion compare 6.43%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare 0.77%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 10.6%
Financial sector median 4.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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