Morningstar, Inc. (MORN) vs Value Line, Inc. (VALU)

Morningstar, Inc. and Value Line, Inc. are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. Morningstar, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $9.2B against $415.0M — 22.1× the size. Value Line, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 20.5× against 21.2×. Morningstar, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.43% against −5.49%. Value Line, Inc. has the higher net margin (60.3% vs 17.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (10.8% vs 18.5%). Both pay a dividend; Value Line, Inc. yields more (3.17% vs 0.82%). Across the 21 metrics below, Value Line, Inc. leads on 14 and Morningstar, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric MORN VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 21.19 20.55 24.72
P/S 3.48 12.37 6.77
P/B 8.90 3.73 4.55
Price to free cash flow 18.52 12.41 20.03
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.72% 4.87% 4.01%
Free cash flow yield 5.40% 8.06% 4.64%

Profitability

Metric MORN VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 63.07% 100.00% 72.83%
Operating margin 24.55% 10.83% 29.06%
Net margin 17.00% 60.27% 25.36%
Free cash flow margin 18.80% 53.90% 32.14%
Return on equity 35.08% 18.69% 17.00%
Return on assets 11.87% 13.18% 8.22%
Return on invested capital 18.45% 10.75% 10.55%

Growth

Metric MORN VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.43% (5.49%) 10.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 3.38% 4.55% 13.54%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.97% (3.70%) 9.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 10.85% (1.46%) 10.85%

Health

Metric MORN VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 1.64 0.00 0.67
Current ratio 1.05 4.09 1.04
Net debt to EBITDA 0.76 (16.23) 1.20

Dividend

Metric MORN VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 0.82% 3.17% 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.17 0.65 0.29

Size

Metric MORN VALU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 9.17b 414.98m 36.53b

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