CHICAGO, July 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar, Inc.
(Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today announced its second-quarter 2018 financial results.
Reported results reflect ongoing momentum highlighted by strong growth in revenue, profit, and cash flow in the quarter.
Second-Quarter Financial Highlights
- Revenue increased 10.1% to $252.4 million; organic revenue growth was 9.6%.
- Operating income increased 16.6% to $53.6 million.
- Diluted net income per share decreased 9.3% to $0.97 compared to $1.07 in the second quarter of 2017. The prior year period includes a benefit of $0.42 per diluted share from the sale of HelloWallet.
- Cash provided by operating activities increased 25.3% to $69.8 million; free cash flow was
$51.8 million, or 41.1% higher than the second quarter of 2017.
Year-to-Date Financial Highlights
- Revenue increased 13.0% to $495.9 million; organic revenue growth was 11.6%.
- Operating income increased 35.9% to $101.1 million.
- Diluted net income per share increased 30.9% to $1.95 compared to $1.49 for the first six months of 2017.
- Cash provided by operating activities increased 26.9% to $129.7 million; free cash flow was
$94.1 million, or 36.6% higher than the first six months of 2017.
"We produced strong results in the first half of 2018," said Kunal Kapoor, Morningstar's chief
executive officer. "Our team is empowering investors at a time of meaningful change in the way data, advice, and technology
remake financial experiences. We launched Morningstar Direct for Wealth Management and introduced the Morningstar Portfolio
Carbon Risk Score in the quarter, further boosting our market-leading ESG capabilities. We also enhanced the content and
interfaces for PitchBook, Morningstar.com, and Morningstar Office. This quarter, we're looking
forward to launching our Morningstar-branded open-end mutual funds for advisors who use Morningstar Managed Portfolios and
expanding adoption of our Open Indexes Project. We believe the costs to license beta indexes from entrenched players remain too
high relative to the overall costs associated with passive vehicles, and we continue to attract additional interest from asset
managers and advisors. We're excited about two new relationships with leading asset managers, JP Morgan and National
Bank of Canada, who are offering our indexes for use at investor-friendly price points."
Overview of Second-Quarter Financial Results
Revenue for the second quarter was $252.4 million, an increase of 10.1% compared with
the second quarter of 2017, or 9.6% higher on an organic basis. Revenue growth was balanced globally and strong outside of the
U.S., aided by demand for data in Europe. License-based revenue grew 10.5% year over year, led
by PitchBook, Morningstar Data, and Morningstar Direct. Asset-based revenue increased by 6.4% in the quarter, primarily driven by
Morningstar Managed Portfolios. Within Investment Management, revenue growth was impacted by weaker market conditions and the
planned strategic shift away from customized institutional asset management. An increase in new issue ratings in structured
finance by Morningstar Credit Ratings and higher Morningstar.com ad sales increased transaction-based revenue by 16.1% in the
quarter.
Operating expense grew 8.5% in the second quarter, due to an increase in compensation and benefits, and higher
production-related costs for product development and data purchases. These expenses were partially offset by higher capitalized
software due to accelerated development across major software platforms and other new product development activities. The rate of
overall expense growth increased sequentially from the first quarter. The company expects that trend to continue during the year
as increases in certain items, including compensation and bonus expenses, track higher than in 2017.
Second-quarter operating income was $53.6 million, an increase of 16.6% compared with the second
quarter of 2017. Operating margin was 21.2%, compared with 20.0% in the prior year period.
Net income in the second quarter was $41.8 million, or $0.97 per
diluted share, compared with $46.1 million, or $1.07, per diluted
share in the second quarter of 2017. Net income in the second quarter of 2017 includes an after-tax gain of $18.0 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, in connection with the sale of
HelloWallet.
The effective tax rate for the second quarter of 2018 was 23.4%, which benefited from the lower U.S. federal statutory tax rate
associated with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, compared to 24.5% in the prior year period. The sale of HelloWallet in the second
quarter of 2017 resulted in certain tax impacts that lowered the effective tax rate by 11.9 percentage points.
Update on Key Investment Areas
As part of its long-term strategy, Morningstar's major investment areas include— Morningstar Data, Morningstar Direct,
PitchBook, Workplace Solutions, Managed Portfolios, and Morningstar Credit Ratings. As a group, these areas had organic revenue
growth of 16.1% in the second quarter of 2018. The highlights below summarize key operating metrics as of and for the quarter
ended June 30, 2018 compared with the same date in 2017.
- Revenue for Morningstar Data was up 10.9% to $46.0 million.
- Morningstar Direct licenses increased 9.4% to 14,463 and revenue grew 11.2% to $34.2
million.
- PitchBook licenses increased 60.7% to 18,172 and revenue grew 58.0% to $23.8 million.
- Assets under management and advisement for Workplace Solutions rose 15.8% to $132.2 billion
as of June 30, 2018
- Assets under management and advisement in Managed Portfolios increased 27.7% to $44.7 billion
as of June 30, 2018. Approximately 19,000 advisors globally now use Managed Portfolios.
- Morningstar Credit Ratings completed 32 new-issue ratings versus 20 in the second quarter of 2017, representing a 75.6%
increase in asset value to $15.1 billion.
Balance Sheet and Capital Allocation
As of June 30, 2018, the company had cash, cash equivalents, and investments totaling
$351.9 million and $125.0 million of long-term debt, compared with
cash, cash equivalents, and investments of $353.3 million and $180.0
million of long-term debt as of December 31, 2017. The company repaid $25.0 million of the outstanding balance on its revolving credit facility during the second quarter.
Cash provided by operating activities was $69.8 million for the second quarter of 2018, compared
with $55.7 million in the prior year period. Free cash flow was $51.8
million for the second quarter of 2018, compared with $36.7 million in the prior year
period.
In the second quarter of 2018, the company repurchased 16,760 shares of common stock for $1.9
million and paid $10.7 million in dividends.
Comparability of Year-Over-Year Results
Certain items affected the comparability of second-quarter 2018 results versus the same period in 2017.
- Organic revenue growth of 9.6% in the second quarter of 2018 includes the full contribution of PitchBook; whereas in the
second quarter of 2017, PitchBook represented acquired revenue growth. It also excludes the impact of divestitures, primarily
HelloWallet and the 15(c) board consulting product, and the $1.6 million positive adjustment to revenue resulting from the
adoption of the new revenue recognition standard, as described below.
- Foreign currency translation increased revenue by $2.8 million, or 1.2%, and operating
expenses by $2.7 million, or 1.5%, in the second quarter. This resulted in a $0.1 million increase in operating income.
- As a result of the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard ("ASC Topic 606") on January 1,
2018, results for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2018 are presented under
ASC Topic 606, and previously reported results have not been adjusted. ASC Topic 606 changed the presentation of revenue and
costs associated with third-party content and data to a gross (versus net) basis, in addition to the accounting for expenses
related to sales commission plans. In the quarter ended June 30, 2018, this change resulted in an
increase to revenue of $1.6 million, and a corresponding increase in the cost of revenue, with no
impact on operating income. The impact of the change in accounting for sales commissions on operating income was immaterial for
the second quarter of 2018.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The tables at the end of this press release include a reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures used by the
company to comparable GAAP measures and an explanation of why the company uses them.
Investor Communication
Morningstar encourages all interested parties—including securities analysts, current shareholders, potential
shareholders, and others—to submit questions in writing. Investors and others may send questions about Morningstar's business to
investors@morningstar.com. Morningstar will make
written responses to selected inquiries available to all investors at the same time in Form 8-Ks furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission, generally on the first Friday of every month.
About Morningstar, Inc.
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North
America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial
advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers and sponsors, and institutional investors in the private capital markets.
Morningstar provides data and research insights on a wide range of investment offerings, including managed investment products,
publicly listed companies, private capital markets, and real-time global market data. Morningstar also offers investment
management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries, with more than $203 billion in
assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2018. The company has operations in 27
countries.
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is used in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on our current expectations about future events or future financial performance.
Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain, and often contain words
such as "may," "could," "expect," "intend," "plan," "seek," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential,"
"prospects," or "continue." These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the events we
discuss not to occur or to differ significantly from what we expect. For us, these risks and uncertainties include, among others,
liability for any losses that result from an actual or claimed breach of our fiduciary duties; failing to maintain and protect
our brand, independence, and reputation; failing to differentiate our products and continuously create innovative, proprietary
research tools; failing to respond to technological change, keep pace with new technology developments, or adopt a successful
technology strategy; trends in the asset management industry, including the increasing popularity of passively managed investment
vehicles; inadequacy in our business continuity program in the event of a material emergency or adverse political or regulatory
developments; liability related to the storage of personal information related to individuals as well as portfolio and
account-level information; compliance failures, regulatory action, or changes in laws applicable to our investment advisory or
credit rating operations; an outage of our database, technology-based products and services, or network facilities or the
movement of parts of our technology infrastructure to the public cloud; downturns in the financial sector, global markets, and
global economy; the effect of market volatility on revenue from asset-based fees; the failure of acquisitions and other
investments to produce the results we anticipate; the failure to recruit, develop, and retain qualified employees; challenges
faced by our non-U.S. operations, including the concentration of data and development work at our offshore facilities in
China and India; liability relating to the acquisition or
redistribution of data or information we acquire or errors included therein; and the failure to protect our intellectual property
rights or claims of intellectual property infringement against us. A more complete description of these risks and uncertainties
can be found in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2017. If any of these risks and uncertainties materialize, our actual future
results may vary significantly from what we expected. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements as a result of
new information or future events.
Media Contact:
Sasha Bigda, +1 312 244-7493 or Sasha.Bigda@morningstar.com
Investor Relations Contact:
Barbara Noverini, CFA, +1 312 696-6164 or Barbara.Noverini@morningstar.com
©2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Morningstar, Inc. and Subsidiaries
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
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Three months ended June 30
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Six months ended June 30
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(in millions, except per share amounts)
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2018
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2017
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change
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2018
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2017
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change
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Revenue
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$ 252.4
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$ 229.2
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10.1%
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$ 495.9
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$ 438.7
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13.0%
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Operating expense:
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Cost of revenue
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99.8
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95.3
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4.8%
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202.2
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192.3
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5.2%
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Sales and marketing
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39.4
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36.7
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7.5%
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77.9
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69.1
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12.8%
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General and administrative
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36.0
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29.7
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20.9%
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68.2
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59.9
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13.7%
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Depreciation and amortization
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23.6
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21.5
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9.7%
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46.5
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43.0
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8.0%
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Total operating expense
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198.8
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183.2
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8.5%
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394.8
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364.3
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8.4%
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Operating income
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53.6
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46.0
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16.6%
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101.1
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74.4
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35.9%
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Operating margin
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21.2%
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20.0%
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1.2pp
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20.4%
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17.0%
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3.4pp
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Non-operating income, net:
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Interest expense, net
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(0.7)
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(0.8)
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(18.7%)
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(1.0)
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(1.7)
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(43.8%)
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Gain on sale of business
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-
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17.5
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NMF
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-
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17.5
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NMF
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Gain on sale of product line
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-
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-
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NMF
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10.5
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-
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NMF
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Other income (expense), net
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2.1
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(1.4)
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(240.9%)
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1.2
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(1.8)
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(159.1%)
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Non-operating income, net
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1.4
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15.3
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(91.2%)
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10.7
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14.0
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(24.0%)
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Income before income taxes and equity in net loss of unconsolidated entities
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55.0
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61.3
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(10.3%)
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111.8
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88.4
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26.4%
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Equity in net loss of unconsolidated entities
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(0.4)
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(0.2)
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138.2%
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(1.9)
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(1.0)
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91.3%
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Income tax expense
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12.8
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15.0
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(14.7%)
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26.2
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23.3
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12.4%
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Consolidated net income
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$ 41.8
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$ 46.1
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(9.4%)
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$ 83.7
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$ 64.1
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30.6%
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Net income per share:
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Basic
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$ 0.98
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$ 1.07
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(8.4%)
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$ 1.97
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$ 1.49
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32.2%
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Diluted
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$ 0.97
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$ 1.07
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(9.3%)
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$ 1.95
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$ 1.49
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30.9%
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Weighted average shares outstanding:
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Basic
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42.6
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42.9
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(0.7%)
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42.6
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42.9
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(0.7%)
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Diluted
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43.0
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43.1
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(0.2%)
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43.0
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43.2
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(0.5%)
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NMF — Not meaningful, pp — percentage points
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Morningstar, Inc. and Subsidiaries
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Three months ended June 30
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Six months ended June 30
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(in millions)
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2018
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2017
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2018
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2017
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Operating activities
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Consolidated net income
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$ 41.8
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$ 46.1
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$ 83.7
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$ 64.1
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Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flows from operating activities
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32.3
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13.8
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60.2
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40.0
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net
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(4.3)
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(4.2)
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(14.2)
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(1.9)
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Cash provided by
operating activities
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69.8
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55.7
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129.7
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102.2
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Investing activities
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Capital expenditures
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(18.0)
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(19.0)
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(35.6)
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(33.3)
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Proceeds from sale of a product line
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-
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10.5
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Acquisitions, net of cash acquired
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(1.0)
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(1.0)
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Proceeds from sale of a business
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-
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23.7
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-
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23.7
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Purchases of equity investments
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(0.1)
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(0.1)
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(0.2)
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(0.3)
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Other, net
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(0.6)
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(0.6)
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(0.7)
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(3.6)
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Cash (used for) provided by
investing activities
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(18.7)
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3.0
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(26.0)
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(14.5)
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Financing activities
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Common shares repurchased
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(1.9)
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(27.7)
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(10.8)
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(28.6)
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Dividends paid
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(10.7)
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(9.8)
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(21.3)
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(19.7)
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Repayments of long-term debt
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(25.0)
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(5.0)
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(55.0)
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(20.0)
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Other, net
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(5.3)
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(3.3)
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(9.9)
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(3.5)
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Cash used for financing
activities
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(42.9)
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(45.8)
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(97.0)
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(71.8)
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
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(12.1)
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6.9
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(7.8)
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10.6
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Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
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(3.9)
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19.8
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(1.1)
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26.5
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Cash and cash equivalents—Beginning of period
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311.0
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265.8
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308.2
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259.1
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Cash and cash equivalents—End of period
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$ 307.1
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$ 285.6
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$ 307.1
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$ 285.6
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Morningstar, Inc. and Subsidiaries
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
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June 30
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December 31
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(in millions)
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2018
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2017
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Assets
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Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$ 307.1
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$ 308.2
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Investments
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44.8
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45.1
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Accounts receivable, net
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163.5
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148.2
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Income tax receivable, net
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7.8
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-
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Other current assets
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42.9
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28.3
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Total current
assets
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566.1
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529.8
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Property, equipment, and capitalized software, net
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146.1
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147.4
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Investments in unconsolidated entities
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57.1
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62.0
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Goodwill
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560.7
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564.9
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Intangible assets, net
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84.2
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95.4
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Other assets
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13.0
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6.2
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Total assets
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$ 1,427.2
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$ 1,405.7
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Liabilities and equity
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Current liabilities:
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
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$ 47.3
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$ 49.2
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Accrued compensation
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69.8
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92.0
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Deferred revenue
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208.0
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171.3
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Other
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5.7
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10.7
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Total current
liabilities
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330.8
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323.2
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Accrued compensation
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12.0
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11.7
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Deferred tax liability, net
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29.1
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23.6
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Long-term debt
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125.0
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180.0
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Other long-term liabilities
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58.9
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62.3
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Total liabilities
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555.8
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600.8
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Total equity
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|
|
871.4
|
|
804.9
|
|
Total liabilities and equity
|
|
|
|
$ 1,427.2
|
|
$ 1,405.7
|
Morningstar, Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
|
|
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|
Supplemental Data (Unaudited)
|
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|
As of June 30
|
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|
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|
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|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
change
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Our business
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|
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|
Morningstar.com Premium Membership subscriptions (U.S.)
|
118,412
|
|
118,571
|
|
(0.1%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Morningstar.com average monthly unique users (U.S.)
|
|
2,215,862
|
|
1,917,739
|
|
15.5%
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Advisor Workstation clients (U.S.)
|
|
179
|
|
185
|
|
(3.2%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Morningstar Office licenses (U.S.)
|
|
4,366
|
|
4,274
|
|
2.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Morningstar Direct licenses
|
|
14,463
|
|
13,222
|
|
9.4%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PitchBook Platform licenses
|
|
18,172
|
|
11,309
|
|
60.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset value linked to Morningstar Indexes
|
|
$36.9 bil
|
|
$29.1 bil
|
|
26.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets under management and advisement (approximate)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Workplace Solutions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Managed Retirement Accounts
|
|
$60.4 bil
|
|
$50.2 bil
|
|
20.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiduciary Services
|
|
41.2 bil
|
|
38.2 bil
|
|
7.9%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Custom Models
|
|
30.6 bil
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|
25.8 bil
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|
18.6%
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Workplace Solutions (total)
|
|
$132.2 bil
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|
$114.2 bil
|
|
15.8%
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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Morningstar Investment Management
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Morningstar Managed Portfolios
|
|
$44.7 bil
|
|
$35.0 bil
|
|
27.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Institutional Asset Management
|
|
16.0 bil
|
(2)
|
53.2 bil
|
(3)
|
(69.9%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset Allocation Services
|
|
10.2 bil
|
|
8.3 bil
|
|
22.9%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Morningstar Investment Management (total)
|
|
$70.9 bil
|
|
$96.5 bil
|
(4)
|
(26.5%)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Our employees (approximate)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Worldwide headcount
|
|
5,023
|
|
4,675
|
|
7.4%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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Three months ended June 30
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|
|
Six months ended June 30
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|
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(in millions)
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2018
|
|
2017
|
|
change
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
change
|
|
Key product and
investment area
revenue (5)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Morningstar Data (6)
|
|
$ 46.0
|
|
$ 41.5
|
(7)
|
10.9%
|
|
$ 91.1
|
|
$ 80.8
|
(7)
|
12.8%
|
|
Morningstar Direct
|
|
34.2
|
|
30.7
|
|
11.2%
|
|
68.1
|
|
59.8
|
|
13.9%
|
|
Morningstar Investment Management (6)
|
|
27.4
|
|
25.7
|
(7)
|
6.8%
|
|
55.9
|
|
49.0
|
(7)
|
14.1%
|
|
PitchBook Data
|
|
23.8
|
|
15.1
|
|
58.0%
|
|
44.7
|
|
28.2
|
|
58.6%
|
|
Morningstar Advisor Workstation (6)
|
|
22.5
|
|
22.8
|
|
(1.3%)
|
|
44.6
|
|
42.6
|
|
4.5%
|
|
Workplace Solutions
|
|
18.0
|
|
19.0
|
|
(5.1%)
|
(8)
|
37.0
|
|
36.9
|
|
0.1%
|
(8)
|
Morningstar Credit Ratings
|
|
8.6
|
|
6.9
|
|
24.4%
|
|
16.0
|
|
12.0
|
|
33.9%
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Revenue by Type (5)
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|
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License-based (9)
|
|
$ 184.3
|
|
$ 166.7
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(7)
|
10.5%
|
|
$ 362.9
|
|
$ 323.4
|
(7)
|
12.2%
|
|
Asset-based (10)
|
|
48.7
|
|
45.8
|
(7)
|
6.4%
|
|
99.4
|
|
87.8
|
(7)
|
13.2%
|
|
Transaction-based (11)
|
|
19.4
|
|
16.7
|
(7)
|
16.1%
|
|
33.6
|
|
27.5
|
(7)
|
22.2%
|
|
|
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|
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Other metrics
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|
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|
|
Average assets under management and advisement
|
|
$202.3 bil
|
|
$208.5 bil
|
|
(3.0%)
|
|
$199.9 bil
|
|
$205.6 bil
|
|
(2.8%)
|
|
Number of new-issue
ratings completed (12)
|
32
|
|
20
|
|
60.0%
|
|
56
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|
27
|
|
107.4%
|
|
Asset value of new-
issue ratings (12)
|
|
$15.1 bil
|
|
$8.6 bil
|
|
75.6%
|
|
$26.8 bil
|
|
$14.5 bil
|
|
84.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
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(1) In prior periods, the company estimated traffic on Morningstar.com
using a combination of internal tools and our third-party platform. The new website launched in the first quarter of 2018
now allows tracking of 100% of website traffic using a third-party platform. The company believes the current reporting
is a more accurate representation of traffic, and this change in methodology is the primary driver of the difference in
reported traffic numbers versus the first half of 2017.
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(2) Decline due to client losses related to a planned strategic shift away
from customized institutional asset management offerings to Managed Portfolios.
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(3) Revised to exclude South Africa assets, which are reflected in
Morningstar Managed Portfolios.
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(4) Excludes $1.3 million of assets under advisement and management related
to Manager Selection Services that was reclassified to Morningstar Data. The associated revenue is included in
Morningstar Data.
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(5) Key product and investment area revenue and revenue by type includes
the effect of foreign currency translations.
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(6) Revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 was impacted
by the adoption of ASC Topic 606.
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(7) Restated due to realignment of individual products within the product
groups.
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(8) For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2018, revenue
increased 2.9% and 9.1%, excluding the unfavorable 8.0 percentage point and 9.0 percentage point unfavorable impact of
the HelloWallet divestiture, respectively.
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|
|
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|
(9) License-based revenue includes Morningstar Data, Morningstar Direct,
Morningstar Advisor Workstation, Morningstar Enterprise Components, Morningstar Research, PitchBook Data, and other
similar products.
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|
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(10) Asset-based revenue includes Morningstar Investment Management,
Workplace Solutions, and Morningstar Indexes.
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
(11) Transaction-based revenue includes Morningstar Credit Ratings,
Internet advertising sales, and Conferences.
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|
|
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|
(12) Includes commercial mortgage-backed securities, residential
mortgage-backed securities, other asset-backed securities, and corporate and financial institutions.
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Morningstar, Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures with the Nearest Comparable GAAP
Measures (Unaudited)
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To supplement Morningstar's condensed consolidated financial statements
presented in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Morningstar uses the following
measures considered as non-GAAP by the Securities and Exchange Commission: consolidated revenue excluding acquisitions,
divestitures, adoption of accounting changes, and the effect of foreign currency translations (organic revenue) and free
cash flow. These non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other
companies.
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|
Morningstar presents consolidated revenue excluding acquisitions,
divestitures, adoption of accounting changes, and the effect of foreign currency translations (organic revenue) because
the company believes this non-GAAP measure helps investors better compare period-over-period results. We exclude revenue
from acquired businesses from our organic revenue growth calculation for a period of 12 months after we complete the
acquisition. For divestitures, we exclude revenue in the prior period for which there is no comparable revenue in
the current period.
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In addition, Morningstar presents free cash flow solely as supplemental
disclosure to help investors better understand how much cash is available after making capital expenditures.
Morningstar's management team uses free cash flow to evaluate its business. Free cash flow should not be considered an
alternative to any measure required to be reported under GAAP (such as cash provided by (used for) operating, investing,
and financing activities).
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Three months ended June 30
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Six months ended June 30
|
|
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(in millions)
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
change
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
change
|
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Reconciliation from consolidated revenue to revenue excluding acquisitions,
divestitures, adoption of accounting changes, and the effect of foreign currency translations (organic
revenue):
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|
|
|
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Consolidated revenue
|
|
$ 252.4
|
|
$ 229.2
|
|
10.1%
|
|
$ 495.9
|
|
$ 438.7
|
|
13.0%
|
Less: divestitures
|
|
-
|
|
(3.0)
|
|
NMF
|
|
-
|
|
(4.8)
|
|
NMF
|
Less: acquisitions
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
NMF
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
NMF
|
Less: adoption of accounting changes
|
|
(1.6)
|
|
-
|
|
NMF
|
|
(3.3)
|
|
-
|
|
NMF
|
Effect of foreign currency translations
|
|
(2.8)
|
|
-
|
|
NMF
|
|
(8.4)
|
|
-
|
|
NMF
|
Revenue excluding acquisitions, divestitures, adoption of accounting
changes, and the effect of foreign currency translations
|
|
$ 248.0
|
|
$ 226.2
|
|
9.6%
|
|
$ 484.2
|
|
$ 433.9
|
|
11.6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation from cash provided by operating activities to free cash
flow:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash provided by operating activities
|
|
$ 69.8
|
|
$ 55.7
|
|
25.3%
|
|
$ 129.7
|
|
$ 102.2
|
|
26.9%
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
(18.0)
|
|
(19.0)
|
|
(5.3%)
|
|
(35.6)
|
|
(33.3)
|
|
6.9%
|
Free cash flow
|
|
$ 51.8
|
|
$ 36.7
|
|
41.1%
|
|
$ 94.1
|
|
$ 68.9
|
|
36.6%
|
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