Morningstar (MORN) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Morningstar (MORN) reported Operating Margin of 24.18% for Q1 2026, up 457.0% year-over-year from 4.34% in Q1 2025, and down 2.88% quarter-over-quarter from 24.89% in Q4 2025.

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

Morningstar (MORN) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 24.18% in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 24.18%, up 457.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 22.66% (up 78.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 21.53%, up 22.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin eased to 24.18% in Q1 2026 per MORN's latest filing, from 24.89% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 28.46% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 4.7% in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 16.19% and a median of 17.52% in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Operating Margin tumbled 1111 bps in 2022, then surged 1195 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 7.47% in 2022, then soared by 134 bps to 17.52% in 2023, then soared by 62 bps to 28.46% in 2024, then slipped by 13 bps to 24.89% in 2025, then dropped by 3 bps to 24.18% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MORN's Operating Margin at 24.18% in Q1 2026, 24.89% in Q4 2025, and 20.7% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

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9 TransUnion 12.50 Bn 11.93 Bn 726.20 Mn 19.65%
10 Morningstar 6.04 Bn 5.51 Bn 405.90 Mn 24.18%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 24.18%
Dec 31, 2025 24.89%
Sep 30, 2025 20.70%
Jun 30, 2025 20.67%
Mar 31, 2025 19.61%
Dec 31, 2024 28.46%
Sep 30, 2024 20.28%
Jun 30, 2024 18.97%
Mar 31, 2024 17.06%
Dec 31, 2023 17.52%
Sep 30, 2023 13.58%
Jun 30, 2023 8.26%
Mar 31, 2023 5.11%
Dec 31, 2022 7.47%
Sep 30, 2022 4.70%
Jun 30, 2022 11.46%
Mar 31, 2022 12.34%
Dec 31, 2021 16.18%
Sep 30, 2021 15.81%
Jun 30, 2021 11.36%