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Oct 29, 9:31 AM
$MORN Can Morningstar keep shrinking its share count now that debt is
$1.7B?
🏢 Morningstar, the Chicago fund-research, credit-ratings and PitchBook data firm worth about
$8.06B at
$214.75 a share at 15:59 ET on October 28, 2026, reported Q3 2026 diluted EPS up 41.0% to
$3.06 while net income rose 26.1% to
$115.5M
💰 Diluted shares fell 10.6% to 37.8M from 42.3M a year earlier, explaining the EPS gap, after
$395.3M of Q4 2025 buybacks and
$500.0M in 2026, which alone cut shares outstanding 6.6% since the end of 2025, partly funded by debt that rose to
$1.7B
📈 The business still improved on its own, with operating income up 31.0% to
$167.4M on revenue up 8.9% to
$672.1M, operating margin widening to 24.9% from 20.7%, and Credit revenue up 18.3%
📅 Next: The 50-cent quarterly dividend is payable October 30, 2026; watch PitchBook churn and leverage, now 1.8x debt to EBITDA, in the next quarterly report
Source: SEC 8-K, Oct 28
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