---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001289419-25-000176"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MORN"
cik: "0001289419"
company_name: "Morningstar, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T14:12:35.395592+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Morningstar raises quarterly dividend 10% to $0.50 per share

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend increased to $0.50 from $0.455 per share, a 10% increase.
- Annualized dividend rises to $2.00 per share from $1.82.
- Payable January 30, 2026, to shareholders of record January 2, 2026.
- Company expects to pay three additional dividends in 2026 on a similar schedule.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001289419-25-000176
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MORN
- cik: 0001289419
- company_name: Morningstar, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289419/000128941925000176/0001289419-25-000176-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289419/000128941925000176/morn-20251205.htm

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