Investment research firm Morningstar (NASDAQ: MORN) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.
Morningstar beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $644.8 million, up 10.8% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Morningstar’s revenue to grow 7.2% year on year, improving from the 5.8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Morningstar rarely misses Wall Street’s revenue estimates.
Looking at Morningstar’s peers in the financial exchanges & data segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Nasdaq delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 14.9%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3%, and Moody's reported revenues up 15.1%, topping estimates by 4.8%. Nasdaq traded up 1.3% following the results while Moody's was down 3.8%.
Read our full analysis of Nasdaq’s results here and Moody’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the financial exchanges & data segment, with share prices up 7.2% on average over the last month. Morningstar is up 17.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $226 (compared to the current share price of $182.45).
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