NASDAQ$MORN
Morningstar Inc. · Q1 2023 earnings
Q1 2023 earnings · · Investor relations
Briefing
Morningstar's Q1 2023 financial results were released, revealing revenue growth driven by license-based product areas, but impacted by soft credit issuance and market volatility.
Morningstar's first-quarter revenue grew by 5.0% to $479.7 million, with organic revenue up 2.8%. Growth was driven by license-based product areas, while asset-based and transaction-based areas faced headwinds. The company reported a net loss of $7.6 million, or ($0.18) per diluted share.
- Revenue increased by 5.0% to $479.7 million, with organic revenue growing by 2.8%.
- License-based revenue rose by 16.7%, driven by PitchBook, Morningstar Sustainalytics, Morningstar Data, and Morningstar Direct.
- Asset-based revenue decreased by 4.7% due to lower revenue from Investment Management and Workplace Solutions.
- The company is managing the business cautiously during this period of economic uncertainty and have slowed our headcount growth significantly in 2023.
Headline financials
Revenue & EPS history
Morningstar · Revenue · Quarterly
$480M
Revenue by segment
Morningstar · $430M total across 4 segments · Q1 2023
- Morningstar Data & Analytics$193M+36.3%45.0%
- PitchBook$136M+76.6%31.7%
- Morningstar Retirement$51.4M+76.6%12.0%
- Morningstar Wealth$48.8M-33.9%11.4%
Forward guidance
The company expects significant product enhancements in the coming months, including the integration of LCD into PitchBook, the launch of our index calculation capability, the introduction of our climate data, the buildout of our wealth platform, and the expansion of our ratings effort across even more managed investment products.
Tailwinds
- Integration of LCD into PitchBook
- Launch of index calculation capability
- Introduction of climate data
- Buildout of wealth platform
- Expansion of ratings effort across more managed investment products
Headwinds
- Soft credit issuance
- Market volatility
- Economic uncertainty
- Decline in asset-based revenue
- Decline in transaction-based revenue
Historical earnings impact
How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.
Avg. return before/after earnings
Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2023
+0.5%
Avg return
Earnings day
+0.0%
Avg return
5 days after
+0.4%
Avg return
30 days after
53%
36 / 68 earnings
Positive
+12.6%
Q3 2018
Best reaction
-12.9%
Q1 2023
Worst reaction
| Quarter | Report date | Reaction (Day 0) | +5 days | +30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | -10.0% | -11.2% | -3.0% | |
| Q4 2025 | +2.3% | +5.7% | +19.0% | |
| Q3 2025 | +2.8% | +1.4% | +2.9% | |
| Q1 2025 | -0.5% | +3.1% | +8.3% | |
| Q4 2024 | -2.8% | -6.5% | -7.5% | |
| Q3 2024 | -3.5% | -2.7% | +0.8% | |
| Q2 2024 | +4.5% | +4.7% | +1.6% | |
| Q1 2024 | -4.3% | -5.5% | -0.9% | |
| Q4 2023 | -0.2% | +8.1% | +9.8% | |
| Q3 2023 | +11.1% | +12.6% | +23.7% | |
| Q2 2023 | +6.5% | +6.5% | +2.7% | |
| Q1 2023 | -12.9% | -7.9% | +1.7% | |
| Q4 2022 | -11.1% | -11.0% | -19.6% | |
| Q3 2022 | +2.1% | +4.7% | +11.2% | |
| Q2 2022 | +3.5% | -0.0% | -5.8% | |
| Q1 2022 | +1.4% | -4.4% | -0.6% | |
| Q4 2021 | +6.4% | +2.0% | +1.3% | |
| Q3 2021 | +4.8% | +3.1% | +1.4% | |
| Q2 2021 | +3.0% | +5.6% | +7.0% | |
| Q1 2021 | +3.7% | +3.5% | -7.7% | |
| Q4 2020 | -1.2% | -8.9% | -5.6% | |
| Q3 2020 | +6.9% | +6.5% | +8.8% | |
| Q2 2020 | +4.9% | +2.8% | +0.1% | |
| Q1 2020 | +9.0% | +3.8% | +7.1% | |
| Q4 2019 | -2.5% | -6.4% | -35.4% | |
| Q3 2019 | -7.2% | -4.7% | -1.1% | |
| Q2 2019 | +0.6% | -1.0% | -0.8% | |
| Q1 2019 | -0.9% | +2.9% | -2.7% | |
| Q4 2018 | +0.3% | +0.6% | -3.9% | |
| Q3 2018 | +12.6% | +4.3% | -0.8% | |
| Q2 2018 | -2.7% | -4.1% | -0.9% | |
| Q1 2018 | +6.2% | +5.0% | +13.8% | |
| Q4 2017 | -1.1% | -1.7% | -1.3% | |
| Q3 2017 | +1.9% | -2.3% | +6.3% | |
| Q2 2017 | +2.9% | +3.4% | +1.6% | |
| Q1 2017 | -4.1% | -6.1% | -6.8% | |
| Q4 2016 | +1.8% | +2.2% | -2.0% | |
| Q3 2016 | -6.4% | -7.2% | -4.8% | |
| Q2 2016 | +1.0% | +0.7% | -1.8% | |
| Q1 2016 | -4.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2015 | -0.5% | — | — | |
| Q3 2015 | -1.9% | — | — | |
| Q2 2015 | +3.2% | — | — | |
| Q1 2015 | +3.5% | — | — | |
| Q4 2014 | +10.7% | — | — | |
| Q3 2014 | -0.3% | — | — | |
| Q2 2014 | -2.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2014 | -4.6% | — | — | |
| Q4 2013 | +4.3% | — | — | |
| Q3 2013 | +4.9% | — | — | |
| Q2 2013 | +0.7% | — | — | |
| Q1 2013 | +0.5% | — | — | |
| Q4 2012 | +1.9% | — | — | |
| Q3 2012 | -1.3% | — | — | |
| Q2 2012 | +2.4% | — | — | |
| Q1 2012 | +1.7% | — | — | |
| Q4 2011 | -0.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2011 | -0.4% | — | — | |
| Q2 2011 | -2.5% | — | — | |
| Q1 2010 | -1.7% | — | — | |
| Q1 2011 | +1.5% | — | — | |
| Q4 2010 | -2.2% | — | — | |
| Q4 2008 | -2.2% | — | — | |
| Q3 2009 | +0.1% | — | — | |
| Q3 2010 | +0.1% | — | — | |
| Q2 2010 | -1.1% | — | — | |
| Q4 2009 | -1.1% | — | — | |
| Q2 2009 | -1.1% | — | — |
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