Berkeley Loads Up on Morningstar, Buys $3.8 Million of the Stock

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Josh Kohn-Lindquist, The Motley Fool

Fri, January 30, 2026 astatine 10:33 AM CST 4 min read

According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing dated Jan. 26, 2026, Berkeley reported acquiring 17,382 shares of Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN) during the 4th quarter. The estimated transaction worth was $3.78 million, calculated utilizing the mean stock terms for the quarter. At quarter-end, the worth of the caller presumption was $3.78 million, reflecting some the acquisition and consequent terms changes.

This was a caller presumption for Berkeley, accounting for 1.2% of its $314.47 cardinal successful reportable assets nether absorption arsenic of Dec. 31, 2025.

Top holdings aft the filing:
- Invesco S&P International Developed ETF: $21.77 cardinal (6.9% of AUM)
- Distillate U.S. Fundamental Stability and Value ETF: $20.92 cardinal (6.7% of AUM)
- Visa: $18.06 cardinal (5.7% of AUM)
- Eaton Vance Mortgage Opportunities ETF: $15.94 cardinal (5.1% of AUM)
- NVR Inc.: $13.99 cardinal (4.5% of AUM)

As of Jan. 28, 2026, shares of Morningstar were priced astatine $204.66, down 38.65% implicit the past year, with underperformance of 55 percent points versus the S&P 500.

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Value

Revenue (TTM)	$2.40 billion
Net income (TTM)	$376.00 million
Dividend yield	0.91%
Price (as of marketplace adjacent Jan. 28, 2026)	$204.66

Morningstar:

Offers concern research, fiscal information platforms, portfolio absorption tools, recognition and money ratings, ESG ratings, and scale services crossed planetary markets.
Operates a subscription and licensing-based concern model, generating gross from information services, probe products, bundle platforms, and concern absorption solutions.
Serves fiscal advisors, plus managers, status program providers, organization investors, and idiosyncratic investors worldwide.

Morningstar is simply a starring supplier of autarkic concern probe and fiscal data, with a planetary footprint and a diversified merchandise suite. The institution leverages proprietary analytics and exertion platforms to present actionable insights and solutions to a wide spectrum of fiscal professionals. Its scale, information depth, and recognized marque presumption it arsenic a cardinal subordinate successful the fiscal accusation services industry.

Berkeley’s acquisition of Morningstar is an eye-catching investment, successful my opinion. Since 2005, the banal has outpaced the S&P 500’s full returns, generating an annualized instrumentality of 12.5% versus the index’s 11%. This outperformance is each the much awesome fixed that Morningstar has precocious declined by implicit 40% from its 52-week high, arsenic income maturation dipped to azygous digits aft increasing by 12% annually implicit the past decade.