Morningstar (MORN) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Morningstar (MORN) reported FCF Margin of 8.31% for Q1 2026, down 179.0% year-over-year from 10.52% in Q1 2025, and down 66.96% quarter-over-quarter from 25.16% in Q4 2025.

Morningstar (MORN) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Morningstar (MORN) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 8.31% in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 8.31%, down 179.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 17.44% (down 193.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 18.1%, down 163.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin eased to 8.31% in Q1 2026 per MORN's latest filing, from 25.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 27.36% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 1.27% in Q1 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 13.61% and a median of 14.19% in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Margin sank 1825 bps in 2022, then soared 2227 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 14.19% in 2022, then surged by 41 bps to 20.01% in 2023, then declined by 5 bps to 19.09% in 2024, then surged by 32 bps to 25.16% in 2025, then plunged by 67 bps to 8.31% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MORN's FCF Margin at 8.31% in Q1 2026, 25.16% in Q4 2025, and 25.93% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 122.27 Bn 125.38 Bn 2.94 Bn 24.21%
2 Cme 88.49 Bn 88.49 Bn 1.83 Bn 65.85%
3 Moodys 79.74 Bn 78.38 Bn 1.55 Bn 40.60%
4 Intercontinental Exchange 76.18 Bn 74.71 Bn - 42.39%
5 Nasdaq 46.59 Bn 45.91 Bn 1.41 Bn 29.43%
6 Coinbase Global 43.23 Bn 42.70 Bn 1.33 Bn 12.93%
7 Msci 42.63 Bn 42.25 Bn 765.10 Mn 33.00%
8 Cboe Global Markets 26.37 Bn 24.20 Bn 728.90 Mn 152.48%
9 TransUnion 12.50 Bn 11.93 Bn 726.20 Mn 1.53%
10 Morningstar 6.04 Bn 5.51 Bn 405.90 Mn 8.31%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 8.31%
Dec 31, 2025 25.16%
Sep 30, 2025 25.93%
Jun 30, 2025 10.31%
Mar 31, 2025 10.10%
Dec 31, 2024 19.09%
Sep 30, 2024 27.36%
Jun 30, 2024 21.12%
Mar 31, 2024 10.96%
Dec 31, 2023 20.01%
Sep 30, 2023 19.67%
Jun 30, 2023 -1.15%
Mar 31, 2023 -1.27%
Dec 31, 2022 14.19%
Sep 30, 2022 14.61%
Jun 30, 2022 7.87%
Mar 31, 2022 -0.98%
Dec 31, 2021 22.87%
Sep 30, 2021 21.54%
Jun 30, 2021 26.12%