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Sep 30, 2022

Morningstar Q3 2022 Earnings Report

Morningstar's Q3 2022 financial results reflected solid revenue growth driven by license-based areas, but were challenged by declines in asset- and transaction-based product areas due to global market conditions.

Key Takeaways

Morningstar's Q3 2022 revenue increased by 9.2% to $468.2 million. However, operating income declined by 67.6% to $22.0 million, and net income resulted in a loss of ($9.0) million, or ($0.21) per diluted share. The company is moderating hiring activity in response to the challenging environment.

Revenue grew 9.2% to $468.2 million, with organic revenue growth of 8.5%.

License-based revenue increased by 19.4%, driven by PitchBook, Morningstar Sustainalytics, Morningstar Data, and Morningstar Direct.

Operating income decreased by 67.6% to $22.0 million, and net income resulted in a loss of ($9.0) million.

The company began reducing its China operations, incurring costs of $30.1 million.

Total Revenue
$468M
Previous year: $429M
+9.2%
EPS
$0.77
Previous year: $1.38
-44.2%
Gross Profit
$273M
Previous year: $246M
+11.0%
Cash and Equivalents
$407M
Previous year: $487M
-16.5%
Free Cash Flow
$68.4M
Previous year: $92.4M
-26.0%
Total Assets
$3.42B
Previous year: $2.74B
+24.4%

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Forward Guidance

The company expects that the reduction of China operations will be substantially complete by the end of the third quarter of 2023 and will result in lower ongoing run-rate costs from the overall net reduction in the related headcount and certain overhead.