Morningstar, Inc. income statement
In fiscal 2025, Morningstar, Inc. reported revenue of $2.45bn, up 7.5% on the year before, operating income of $527m (a 21.5% margin) and net income of $374m, or $8.87 per diluted share. Every line below comes from the company's 10-K and 10-Q filings; column headings link to the filing.
Income statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 479 | 555 | 631 | 658 | 698 | 760 | 789 | 799 | 912 | 1,020 | 1,179 | 1,390 | 1,699 | 1,871 | 2,039 | 2,275 | 2,446 | 2,621 |
| Cost of revenue | 129 | 157 | 235 | 247 | 271 | 319 | 330 | 344 | 387 | 411 | 483 | 556 | 698 | 779 | 844 | 896 | 953 | 968 |
| Gross profit | 350 | 398 | 396 | 412 | 427 | 442 | 459 | 454 | 525 | 609 | 696 | 833 | 1,001 | 1,091 | 1,195 | 1,379 | 1,493 | 1,653 |
| Research and development | 38 | 49 | 53 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Selling and marketing | 72 | 95 | 107 | 109 | 104 | 111 | 97 | 98 | 134 | 149 | 178 | 206 | 275 | 357 | 424 | 441 | 467 | 470 |
| General and administrative | 84 | 93 | 108 | 109 | 107 | 109 | 107 | 105 | 130 | 148 | 211 | 272 | 318 | 400 | 356 | 327 | 334 | 365 |
| Operating income | 125 | 121 | 138 | 151 | 171 | 106 | 191 | 181 | 170 | 216 | 190 | 215 | 257 | 168 | 231 | 485 | 527 | 644 |
| Interest expense | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Income before tax | 128 | 128 | 140 | 154 | 178 | 114 | 194 | 225 | 181 | 233 | 199 | 283 | 251 | 131 | 174 | 474 | 496 | 589 |
| Income tax | 47 | 43 | 44 | 53 | 56 | 36 | 63 | 64 | 43 | 48 | 46 | 60 | 63 | 57 | 33 | 104 | 122 | 148 |
| Net income | 82 | 86 | 98 | 108 | 124 | 78 | 133 | 161 | 137 | 183 | 152 | 224 | 193 | 71 | 141 | 370 | 374 | 446 |
| Diluted EPS | $1.65 | $1.70 | $1.92 | $2.20 | $2.66 | $1.74 | $3.00 | $3.72 | $3.18 | $4.25 | $3.52 | $5.18 | $4.45 | $1.64 | $3.29 | $8.58 | $8.87 | $11.42 |
| Diluted shares (average) | 50m | 51m | 51m | 49m | 47m | 45m | 44m | 43m | 43m | 43m | 43m | 43m | 43m | 43m | 43m | 43m | 42m | 39m |
| EBITDA | 157 | 161 | 181 | 194 | 216 | 161 | 255 | 252 | 261 | 313 | 307 | 355 | 408 | 334 | 416 | 675 | 717 | 849 |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 591 | 582 | 605 | 617 | 641 | 645 | 663 | 672 |
| Cost of revenue | 232 | 231 | 231 | 242 | 249 | 239 | 239 | 241 |
| Gross profit | 359 | 351 | 375 | 376 | 392 | 406 | 424 | 431 |
| Selling and marketing | 117 | 113 | 120 | 116 | 119 | 115 | 118 | 118 |
| General and administrative | 89 | 77 | 82 | 86 | 90 | 84 | 99 | 93 |
| Operating income | 168 | 114 | 125 | 128 | 160 | 156 | 161 | 167 |
| Income before tax | 146 | 109 | 117 | 123 | 148 | 142 | 147 | 152 |
| Income tax | 34 | 27 | 26 | 31 | 36 | 35 | 38 | 38 |
| Net income | 117 | 79 | 89 | 92 | 115 | 107 | 108 | 116 |
| Diluted EPS | $2.71 | $1.82 | $2.09 | $2.17 | $2.79 | $2.73 | $2.83 | $3.06 |
| EBITDA | 217 | 161 | 174 | 175 | 207 | 208 | 214 | 221 |
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