# Verisk Analytics Inc. (VRSK) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Industrials / Professional Services. Price $185.79, market value $24.2 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 28.6×** (5-yr avg 42.8×, 3-yr avg 43.7×). Verisk Analytics Inc. trades at 28.6× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 42.8×: cheap by its own standards. The Industrials median in the September 2026 study was 25.7×. Forward P/E is 21.4×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 7.7×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 7.7×.
- **EV / EBITDA: 17.2×**. Enterprise value is 17.2× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 5.1%** (5-yr avg 2.8%). Free cash flow equals 5.1% of the market value, above its five-year average of 2.8%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 3.5%**. The inverse of the P/E: 3.5% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 43.9%**. 43.9% of revenue is left after running the business, an exceptional level.
- **Net margin: 29.6%**. 29.6% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 293.9%**. A 293.9% return on equity is extremely high; check whether buybacks or debt have shrunk the equity base, which flatters the ratio.
- **Return on invested capital: 24.6%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 24.6%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: 14.3%**. Each dollar of assets produces 14.3% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 6.6%** (3-yr 7.2%/yr, 5-yr 6.2%/yr). Revenue grew 6.6% over the last year, against 6.2% a year compounded over five years.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -3.4%** (3-yr 2.6%/yr, 5-yr 8.5%/yr). Earnings per share fell 3.4%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 15.0%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 15.0% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 20.33**. Debt is 20.33 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 2.5×**. It would take 2.5 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Altman Z-score: 3.75**. A Z-score of 3.75 places the company in the safe zone for bankruptcy risk.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 1.08%** ($1.90 per share, trailing). Verisk Analytics Inc. yields 1.08%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 28%** (21% of free cash flow). 28% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 7**. 7 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 10.8%/yr** (1-yr 15.4%). The dividend has compounded at 10.8% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 7 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -30.6%** (YTD -16.5%, 3-mo 2.5%). The shares are down 30.6% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -32.2%** (19.1% above the low). Trading 32% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 46**. An RSI of 46 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): -0.33** (volatility 35%). Beta of -0.33 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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