Morningstar Ratings for Stocks?

Question

Hi. I know that Morningstar ratings for mutual funds are trusted by the finance industry, but is the same true for their ratings for stocks? Thanks.

PS - whose ratings do you trust more for stocks, S&P or Morningstar?

What are your opinions on Value Line's timeliness ratings? Also, do you know of a premium discount broker that offers access to all three databases (SP, MS, VL)? I think Fidelity gives access to SP and MS, but I am not sure about VL. Thanks.

Answer 1

As the owner of a wealth management firm for 20 years I generally trust Morningstar ratings for stocks. They are not correct every time, nor is anyone else for that matter, but they do a good job. S & P also does fine. Best thing to do is consult both and any other crediable sources you have access to.

Good Luck,
Dana B

Answer 2

Morningstar is one of the best rating services for stocks. It is not computer generated. An actual stock analyst sits down, analyzes the company comprehensively, writes a report, and comes up with a fair value price. The rating system gives more stars to stocks that Morningstar considers undervalued by the market. But because it's biased towards "value" stocks, some of the picks can be real dogs. Use your own discretion. For example, morningstar was (and is) giving five stars to NEW, a "subprime" mortgage company that recently fell about 40%. Morningstar also tends to give fewer stars to commodity (e.g. oil and gas) companies: For example, they hate Joy Global (JOYG), a mining equipment stock that has done fabulous for me. and Grant Prideco (GRP), another big winner.. So take their ratings with a grain of salt. But they have given me some very good recommendations. such as Apache and eBay. The best star rating recommendations are from S&P and Morningstar. Other services, such as MSN's Stock Scouter, are computer generated and hence very unreliable.

Answer 3

With my experience, I did not know that Morningstar rated stocks? I am not saying that you are wrong.I will have to go to there site! In the financial world,the most trusted, is Morningstar with M. F.'s They just track there results-(no Chrystal Ball. ) S&P I have seen them make good call's on stocks-other ones,not so good. They still influence alot of stocks,If only for the short term.

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Answer 6

I would not put any thought into what these companies have to say or there crappy rating system. Anybody can pick a few stocks and say that fundamentals say they should be higher, but things change everyday and so does a stocks outlook.