Founded in Chicago in 1984, Morningstar is a US investment research firm best known to retail investors for its star-rating system for funds and stocks. It also runs an institutional research and data business. When its fair-value calls diverge sharply from an investment bank like Nomura, the market weighs the two firms' underlying assumptions against each other.
CEO Kunal Kapoor · Founded 1984 · Listed 2005 · HQ Chicago, Illinois · Exchange NASDAQ · Website morningstar.com