Morningstar (MORN) Competitors

New York Times (NYSE:NYT) and Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, NYT or MORN?

New York Times has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morningstar has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NYT or MORN more profitable?

Morningstar has a net margin of 14.69% compared to New York Times' net margin of 11.36%. Morningstar's return on equity of 23.28% beat New York Times' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
New York Times	11.36%	18.51%	12.42%
Morningstar	14.69%	23.28%	9.66%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NYT or MORN?

95.4% of New York Times shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.0% of Morningstar shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of New York Times shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.9% of Morningstar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NYT or MORN?

New York Times received 16 more outperform votes than Morningstar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.09% of users gave New York Times an outperform vote while only 56.10% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
New York Times	Outperform Votes 347 61.09%	Underperform Votes 221 38.91%
Morningstar	Outperform Votes 331 56.10%	Underperform Votes 259 43.90%

Is NYT or MORN a better dividend stock?

New York Times pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. New York Times pays out 40.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morningstar pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Morningstar has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, NYT or MORN?

New York Times has higher revenue and earnings than Morningstar. New York Times is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morningstar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
New York Times	$2.59B	3.09	$293.83M	$1.78	27.46
Morningstar	$2.28B	5.69	$141.10M	$8.57	35.24

Does the media refer more to NYT or MORN?

In the previous week, New York Times had 122 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 148 mentions for New York Times and 26 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat New York Times' score of 0.09 indicating that Morningstar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
New York Times	25 Very Positive mention(s)	26 Positive mention(s)	56 Neutral mention(s)	28 Negative mention(s)	13 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Morningstar	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate NYT or MORN?

New York Times presently has a consensus price target of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.57%. Morningstar has a consensus price target of $366.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.41%. Given Morningstar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Morningstar is more favorable than New York Times.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
New York Times	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Morningstar	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Morningstar beats New York Times on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.