Morningstar, Inc.

Morningstar, Inc.

MORNยทNASDAQ

$180.73

+3.0%
Financial ServicesFinancial - Data & Stock Exchanges

Morningstar, Inc. provides independent investment research services in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers web-based tools; investment data, fundamental equity and manager research, private capital markets research, credit and fund rating, and index, as well as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) rating services; and investment offerings, including managed investment products, publicly listed and private companies, fixed income securities, and real-time global market data for financial advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and individual and institutional investors. It also provides Morningstar Data, an investment data spanning various databases, including equity fundamentals, managed investments, ESG factors, and market data; Morningstar Direct, an investment-analysis platform; Morningstar Managed Portfolios, an advisor service consisting of model portfolio that offers services for independent financial advisors, as well as offers asset allocation services for asset managers, broker/dealers, and insurance providers; Morningstar Advisor Workstation, a web-based research, financial planning, and proposal generation platform; and Morningstar.com, a website for individual investors. In addition, the company offers Morningstar Enterprise Components; Morningstar Credit Ratings that provides issuance and surveillance services for structured finance products and instruments; corporate credit estimates and operational risk assessment rankings; Morningstar Indexes for creating investment products; Morningstar workplace solutions, such as retirement accounts, fiduciary services, allocation funds, and custom models; and PitchBook Platform, research and analysis workstation for investment and research professionals. Further, its PitchBook provides a mobile application, excel plug-in, data feeds, and data solutions. The company was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

At a Glance

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Market Cap$6.87B
EPS8.9300
P/E Ratio20.24
Earnings Date07/29/2026
Morningstar, Inc.

Morningstar, Inc. Fair Value Envelope

MORN ยท NASDAQ

Our analysis suggests that MORN has a fair value of HIDDEN per share in the Base Case projection. With shares currently trading at $180.73, this represents a potential HIDDEN relative to our calculated worth for Morningstar, Inc..

Intrinsic Value
Current Price: $180.73

Owner Earnings Valuation Tool

Warren Buffett's Owner Earnings DCF analysis for intrinsic value calculation

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DCF Valuation Summary

Calculation flow from present value to intrinsic value per share

Present Value$7.3B
+ Cash & Equivalents$474.5M
Firm Value$7.8B
- Debt$1.4B
Equity Value$6.4B
/ Shares Outstanding42,500,265B
DCF Value$151
OVERVALUED BY 17%

Owner Earnings Projections

Operating Cash Flow - Maintenance CapEx = Owner Earnings

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Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Operating Cash Flow
$581.4M
$573.3M
$565.2M
$557.3M
$549.5M
$541.8M
$534.2M
$526.7M
$519.3M
$512.0M
Maintenance CapEx
-$29.0M
-$28.6M
-$28.2M
-$27.8M
-$27.4M
-$27.0M
-$26.6M
-$26.3M
-$25.9M
-$25.5M
Owner Earnings
$552.4M
$544.7M
$537.0M
$529.5M
$522.1M
$514.7M
$507.5M
$500.4M
$493.4M
$486.4M
Discount Factor
0.926
0.857
0.794
0.735
0.681
0.630
0.583
0.540
0.500
0.463
Present Value
$511.5M
$467.0M
$426.3M
$389.2M
$355.3M
$324.4M
$296.1M
$270.3M
$246.8M
$225.3M
Terminal Value represents 52.2% of Enterprise Value