Morningstar (MORN) Competitors

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

Is MORN or NYT more profitable?

Morningstar has a net margin of 14.69% compared to New York Times' net margin of 11.04%. 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	11.04%	17.75%	11.81%

Which has higher 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	$2.22B	6.27	$141.10M	$7.57	42.94
New York Times	$2.54B	3.40	$232.39M	$1.69	31.11

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MORN or NYT?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, MORN or NYT?

Morningstar has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New York Times has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

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 1.0%. Morningstar pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New York Times pays out 30.8% 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.

Do analysts prefer MORN or NYT?

Morningstar currently has a consensus target price of $360.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.94%. New York Times has a consensus target price of $54.83, indicating a potential upside of 4.29%. Given Morningstar's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Morningstar is more favorable than New York Times.

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)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the media favor MORN or NYT?

In the previous week, New York Times had 143 more articles in the media than Morningstar. MarketBeat recorded 153 mentions for New York Times and 10 mentions for Morningstar. Morningstar's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat New York Times' score of -0.14 indicating that Morningstar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Morningstar	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
New York Times	13 Very Positive mention(s)	24 Positive mention(s)	62 Neutral mention(s)	31 Negative mention(s)	23 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MORN or NYT?

New York Times received 39 more outperform votes than Morningstar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.24% of users gave New York Times an outperform vote while only 57.06% of users gave Morningstar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Morningstar	Outperform Votes 307 57.06%	Underperform Votes 231 42.94%
New York Times	Outperform Votes 346 61.24%	Underperform Votes 219 38.76%

Summary

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