Morningstar (MORN) FCF Payout Ratio (2011 - 2026)

Morningstar's (MORN) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.37 in Q1 2026, up 11.95% year-on-year from 0.33 in Q1 2025, and up 216.86% on a QoQ basis from 0.12 in Q4 2025.

Morningstar (MORN) FCF Payout Ratio (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Morningstar (MORN) has 16 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.37 in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 11.95% year-over-year to 0.37 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.18, a 10.78% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.17, up 12.55% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.37, up from 0.12 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for MORN reached as high as 0.42 in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 3.44 in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.33 across 5 years, with a median of 0.15 in 2024.
  • On a YoY basis, FCF Payout Ratio climbed as much as 234.51% in 2022 and fell as far as 1158.85% in 2022.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.23 in 2022, then tumbled by 34.62% to 0.15 in 2023, then grew by 3.33% to 0.15 in 2024, then dropped by 23.6% to 0.12 in 2025, then surged by 216.86% to 0.37 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 0.37 in Q1 2026, 0.12 in Q4 2025, and 0.12 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 123.54 Bn 121.73 Bn 2.94 Bn 0.09
2 Cme 93.95 Bn 93.95 Bn 1.65 Bn 0.51
3 Intercontinental Exchange 86.02 Bn 84.27 Bn - 0.24
4 Moodys 83.68 Bn 82.18 Bn 1.67 Bn 0.27
5 Nasdaq 53.85 Bn 53.14 Bn 1.50 Bn 0.27
6 Coinbase Global 43.36 Bn 32.93 Bn 1.33 Bn -
7 Msci 41.57 Bn 41.22 Bn 717.10 Mn 0.42
8 Cboe Global Markets 30.85 Bn 28.68 Bn 728.90 Mn 0.04
9 TransUnion 16.17 Bn 15.44 Bn 726.20 Mn 1.32
10 Morningstar 7.43 Bn 6.90 Bn 405.90 Mn 0.37

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.37
Dec 31, 2025 0.12
Sep 30, 2025 0.12
Jun 30, 2025 0.31
Mar 31, 2025 0.33
Dec 31, 2024 0.15
Sep 30, 2024 0.11
Jun 30, 2024 0.14
Mar 31, 2024 0.29
Dec 31, 2023 0.15
Sep 30, 2023 0.16
Jun 30, 2023 -2.76
Mar 31, 2023 -2.61
Dec 31, 2022 0.23
Sep 30, 2022 0.22
Jun 30, 2022 0.42
Mar 31, 2022 -3.44
Dec 31, 2021 0.13
Sep 30, 2021 0.15
Jun 30, 2021 0.12