Quarterly earnings results are a good time to check in on a company’s progress, especially compared to its peers in the same sector. Today we are looking at Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) and the best and worst performers in the financial exchanges & data industry.
As the Q4 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the financial exchanges & data industry, including MSCI (NYSE:MSCI) and its peers.
What a brutal six months it’s been for Morningstar. The stock has dropped 39% and now trades at $159.50, rattling many shareholders. This might have investors contemplating their next move.
As the Q4 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the financial exchanges & data industry, including CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) and its peers.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how financial exchanges & data stocks fared in Q4, starting with MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX).
Investment research firm Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q4 CY2025, with sales up 8.5% year on year to $641.1 million. Its GAAP profit of $2.83 per share was 31% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
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