Morningstar Acquires CRSP From the University of Chicago
February 5, 2026
Morningstar completed its previously announced $365 million acquisition of the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) from the University of Chicago. The deal brings CRSP Market Indexes (benchmarks for over $3 trillion in U.S. equities) and CRSP Research Data Products into the Morningstar Indexes business, with the CRSP indexes rebranded under the Morningstar name.
- Buyers
- Morningstar, Inc.
- Targets
- Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP)
- Sellers
- University of Chicago
- Industry
- Data & Analytics
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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