Eric Compton, CFA, is director of equity research, technology, for Morningstar. He covers a variety of hardware- and software-related technology names across several industries while overseeing the technology team.
Before joining Morningstar in 2015, Compton was a business analyst for ESIS, a global provider of risk management products and a subsidiary of Ace Group. Before becoming technology sector director in late 2023, he was an equities strategist and covered the US and Canadian banking sectors. Compton joined Morningstar in 2015 as an associate on the financials team, covering banks for eight years before transitioning to the technology team.
Compton holds a bachelor's degree in applied health science from Wheaton College and a master’s degree in business administration, with high honors, from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
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