Morningstar (MORN) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer MORN or NYT?

In the previous week, New York Times had 117 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 135 mentions for New York Times and 18 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat New York Times' score of 0.06 indicating that Morningstar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Morningstar	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
New York Times	13 Very Positive mention(s)	31 Positive mention(s)	53 Neutral mention(s)	21 Negative mention(s)	17 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, MORN or NYT?

Morningstar has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New York Times has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate MORN or NYT?

Morningstar currently has a consensus price target of $360.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.88%. New York Times has a consensus price target of $54.71, indicating a potential upside of 14.02%. Given New York Times' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe New York Times is more favorable than Morningstar.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Morningstar	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
New York Times	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, MORN or NYT?

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
Morningstar	$2.04B	6.78	$141.10M	$7.57	42.59
New York Times	$2.59B	3.04	$293.83M	$1.78	26.96

Is MORN or NYT a better dividend stock?

Morningstar pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. New York Times pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Morningstar pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New York Times pays out 29.2% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MORN or NYT?

New York Times received 23 more outperform votes than Morningstar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.09% of users gave New York Times an outperform vote while only 56.15% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Morningstar	Outperform Votes 324 56.15%	Underperform Votes 253 43.85%
New York Times	Outperform Votes 347 61.09%	Underperform Votes 221 38.91%

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

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

Is MORN or NYT 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
Morningstar	14.69%	23.28%	9.66%
New York Times	11.36%	18.51%	12.42%

Summary

New York Times beats Morningstar on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.