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Verisk AnalyticsVRSK

Research & Consulting Services · Jersey City, New Jersey · In the S&P 500
High quality
$196.30+2.93%After hours: $194.28 (−1.03%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▼ 5.6% over 1 year
Verisk Analytics over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$160$180$220Nov2026MarMayJulSep$196.30$175$225NovMarJul$196.30
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$25.55B
Price to earnings30.2x
Forward P/E24.0x
Dividend yield1.02%
Year to date−12.2%
One year−5.6%
Next earningsThu 5 Nov, before the open
SectorIndustrials
52-week range (closes)
$156.84$225.07

Quality and valuation

How Verisk Analytics compares with other industrials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Verisk Analytics and 7 research & consulting services peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: stronger than mostValuation: in line with its sector

A stronger business than most industrials companies, priced about in line with them.

Verisk Analytics trades at 24.0 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 21.4x for the 89 industrials stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +5.9% vs +8.2%
  • Keeps more of each sale (gross margin): 70.0% vs 38.1%
  • More profitable (operating margin): 44.0% vs 17.5%
  • Turns more of its sales into cash: 36.3% vs 13.1%
VRSK trades at 24.0x forward earnings, above the sector medianForward p/e, Research & Consulting Services peers
LMT20.6xCAT21.6xUNP22.3xVRSK24.0xRTX26.8xDE32.3xGE35.7xGEV40.8xSector median 21.4xLMT20.6xCAT21.6xUNP22.3xVRSK24.0xRTX26.8xDE32.3xGE35.7xGEV40.8xSector median 21.4x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 29.9x earnings, VRSK is cheaper than its average since May 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
40x50xAverage 38.2x2025202629.9x40xAverage 38.2x2025202629.9x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Verisk Analytics's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 31 Mar 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 3.9% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $m, latest Q1 ’26
$0m$200m$400m$600mQ2 ’24Q4 ’24Q2 ’25$783mQ1 ’26$0m$500mQ2 ’24Q4 ’24Q2 ’25$783mQ1 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to +3.9% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%2%5%8%Q2 ’24Q4 ’24Q2 ’253.9%Q1 ’260%5%Q2 ’24Q4 ’24Q2 ’253.9%Q1 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 45.0% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%20%40%Q2 ’24Q4 ’24Q2 ’2545.0%Q1 ’260%20%40%Q2 ’24Q4 ’24Q2 ’2545.0%Q1 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $1.1 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$100m$200m$300mQ2 ’24Q4 ’24Q2 ’25$326mQ1 ’26$0m$200mQ2 ’24Q4 ’24Q2 ’25$326mQ1 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsVRSKSector median
Revenue growth+5.9%+8.2%
Gross margin70.0%38.1%
Operating margin44.0%17.5%
Free cash flow margin36.3%13.1%
Price to earnings30.2x25.8x

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