FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS) vs Morningstar, Inc. (MORN)

FactSet Research Systems Inc. and Morningstar, Inc. are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. FactSet Research Systems Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $10.7B against $7.9B — 1.4× the size. Morningstar, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 19.5× against 20.6×. Morningstar, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.33% against 6.65%. FactSet Research Systems Inc. has the higher net margin (21.5% vs 16.4%) and the lower return on invested capital (14.1% vs 17.1%). Both pay a dividend; FactSet Research Systems Inc. yields more (1.50% vs 0.96%). Across the 21 metrics below, Morningstar, Inc. leads on 12 and FactSet Research Systems Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric FDS MORN Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 20.65 19.54 23.59
P/S 4.31 3.05 6.89
P/B 5.26 7.66 4.00
Price to free cash flow 15.10 15.76 19.63
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.84% 5.12% 4.04%
Free cash flow yield 6.62% 6.35% 4.39%

Profitability

Metric FDS MORN Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 50.61% 62.24% 70.90%
Operating margin 28.27% 23.53% 28.27%
Net margin 21.54% 16.43% 22.52%
Free cash flow margin 28.57% 19.38% 28.57%
Return on equity 0.00% 31.96% 15.12%
Return on assets 12.63% 11.13% 6.82%
Return on invested capital 14.08% 17.05% 9.96%

Growth

Metric FDS MORN Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.65% 9.33% 9.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (6.29%) 3.38% 15.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.24% 11.97% 8.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 5.95% 10.85% 10.27%

Health

Metric FDS MORN Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.68 1.67 0.48
Current ratio 0.60 1.06 1.06
Net debt to EBITDA 1.21 0.76 1.19

Dividend

Metric FDS MORN Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.50% 0.96% 1.28%
Payout ratio 0.31 0.19 0.32

Size

Metric FDS MORN Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 10.73b 7.85b 32.17b

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