VRSK · Nasdaq · Industrials
Verisk Analytics, Inc. (VRSK) — Rank #98 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.47) · ROE -77.8% · Piotroski F-Score 6 / 9.
As-of 2026-10-30 · CIK 0001442145 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
Verisk Analytics, Inc. engages in the provision of data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance industry in the United States and internationally.
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The company offers underwriting solutions, including forms, rules, and loss costs services that provides policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization; underwriting data and analytics solutions, which provides property and auto specific rating, and underwriting information solutions; catastrophe modelling and risk solutions; life insurance solutions for transforming current workflows in life insurance underwriting, claim insights, policy administration, unclaimed property/equity, compliance and fraud detection, and actuarial and portfolio modelling; specialty business solutions, which provides full end-to-end management of insurance and reinsurance business; and international underwriting solutions. It also provides claims insurance solutions, including property estimating solutions, provide data, analytics, and networking solutions for professionals involved in estimating all phases of building repair and reconstruction; anti-fraud solutions that provide fraud-detection tools for the property and casualty insurance industry; casualty solutions, which focus on compliance, casualty claims decision, and workflow automation; and international claims solutions, which focus on personal injury and motor franchises with complementary offerings to the property claims solutions.
The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.
- Industry
- Consulting Services
- Sector
- Industrials
- State
- DE
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- December 31
- Website
- verisk.com
Company Snapshot
P/E and reverse DCF are the primary valuation lenses at this stage.
Market Cap
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P/E (annual)
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P/S (annual)
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P/B
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P/OCF (annual)
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Shareholder Yield
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Employees
8,000
Industry
Consulting Services
Exchange
Nasdaq
12/12
Flags passed
VRSK passes 12/12 quality flags
- PASSGross margin holding
- PASSDilution within 2%
- PASSFCF not negative from investment
- PASSDisclosure consistent
- PASSRevenue not declining
- PASSOperating margin holding
- PASSFree cash flow intact
- PASSPasses safety gate
- PASSBalance sheet stable
- PASSNo competitive retreat
- PASSSBC not compressing margin
- PASSNo valuation convergence
Strengths Operating leverage expanding · Sequential beat (rev + EPS)
A count of the 12 warning flags that could be evaluated. Unweighted: colour follows the worst flag.
Quality Profile
Profitability
1/1 passSafety
1/1 passCash Flow
3/3 passGrowth
2/2 passFCF yield, shareholder yield, and buyback activity are the primary reads at this stage.
Profitability
Does it make money well?
No warning flags · GP/assets 0.47
Gross profitability (GP / assets)
0.47
Primary signal (Novy-Marx).
9th of 14 SIC 7374 peers
Return on equity
-77.8%
Gross margin
69.9%
8th of 14 SIC 7374 peers
Revenue growth (YoY)
6.6%
RPO growth (YoY)
-1.1%
Remaining performance obligations growth — RPO > revenue = forward demand building.
Gross margin improving
Margin trend vs prior year.
Operating Leverage
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| Revenue vs OpEx | ||||
| Op. Income vs Revenue |
Growth
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
7.2%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
6.2%
Earnings CAGR (3Y)
-1.6%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
15.0%
Cash Flow Health
Is the cash real?
No warning flags · FCF 31% above net income
Free cash flow
$1.19B
Operating cash flow minus capex.
Positive free cash flow
FCF vs net income
31.2%
(FCF − net income) ÷ |net income|. Positive: cash above earnings. Negative: below.
FCF not below net income
Fails when free cash flow is below net income (yellow flag).
Accruals healthy
Cash-backed earnings.
SBC / revenue
1.8%
Stock-based comp intensity.
Balance Sheet Strength
Can it survive a storm?
No warning flags · net debt $4.51B, F-Score 6/9
Balance-sheet safety
Composite anti-fragile check.
Debt / equity
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Current ratio
1.02×
14th of 14 SIC 7374 peers
Quick ratio
0.91×
Net cash
-$4.51B
Cash & equivalents minus total debt.
Piotroski F-Score
6 / 9
Fundamental-strength score (0-9).
Valuation
Is the price reasonable?
No warning flags
Valuation History
Current multiple vs historical range at each filing date. Band spans 25th-75th percentile.
P / E
Price / diluted EPS
P / S
Price / revenue per share
P / B
Price / book value per share
P / GP
Price / gross profit per share
P / FCF
Price / free cash flow per share
Dividend safety
Composite score
3.2 / 5
Capital allocation quality
Composite score
2.8 / 5
Lifecycle Phase History
Price History
Source filings on SEC EDGAR: 10-K annual reports · 10-Q quarterly reports