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Verisk Analytics, Inc. — Intrinsic Value & Fair Price

VRSK
NASDAQTechnologySoftware - ServicesCIK 0001442145verisk.comAbout VRSK
Last close · Oct 16, 2026190.90+3.57 (+1.91%)
Market cap$24.8B
Model value · DCF · Perpetuity growth · 5y
171.24
Verisk Analytics closed at $190.90 — overvalued by 11% vs model.
101.83the model's range489.19

DCF · Perpetuity growth · 5y leads for mature & stable — positive operating income and three years of positive free cash flow. From a five-year discounted cash flow.

Other models
51.23 – 301.78
Wall St. target
226.50 16% below
Above model, 1y
5 of 20 days

Price and model value

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Dividends

Quarterly · as of Oct 16, 2026
Yield, trailing 12 months
1.02%
Past 2 years
low 0.50%high 1.19%
Dividends per share, a year at a time
$1.14Sep ’21$1.22Sep ’22$1.33Sep ’23$1.51Sep ’24$1.74Sep ’25$1.95TTM
Dividends / free cash flow, FY2025
21.1%
Raised
6+ years in a row
Growth, 5 yrs
11.3% a year
Last change
+11.1% · Mar 2026
Every payment, with ex-dates · latest $0.50, paid Sep 30, 2026

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How it is valued

Valued asMature & Stable
Low/slowing growth (~7% recent)High profitability (30% net margin)Pays dividendsHighly cyclical earningsHigh leverage (D/E 15.3x)
What growth the price implies: the reverse DCF

Key figures

FY2025
P/E
29.5×
EV / EBITDA
16.2×
FCF yield
4.5%
Dividend yield, TTM
1.02%
Beta
0.69
Cost of capital (WACC)
7.67%
Full financials

Analyst actions

third-party, quoted
10-13BMO Capital · target217.00
09-08Barclays · target225.00
07-30UBS · target228.00
07-23Jefferies · “Buy” from “Hold”upgrade
Ratings, targets and estimates

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About Verisk Analytics

Verisk Analytics, Inc. is a global leader in providing advanced data analytics. It offers predictive insights and decision-making tools to a diverse clientele across numerous sectors. These include risk assessment (such as rating, underwriting, and claims), catastrophe and weather risk management, global risk analytics, natural resource intelligence, economic forecasting, commercial banking, finance, and many other specialized areas. The company's operations are organized into three primary divisions: Insurance, Energy and Specialized Markets, and Financial Services. Within the Insurance segment, Verisk assists property and casualty insurers by focusing on anticipating potential losses, accurately selecting and pricing risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance. This division develops sophisticated machine learning and artificial intelligence models to predict various scenarios and generate both standard and tailored analytics. These solutions empower clients to effectively manage their operations, encompassing early detection and post-event analysis of fraud, as well as precise loss quantification. The Energy and Specialized Markets segment delivers comprehensive data analytics for the entire natural resources value chain, spanning energy, chemicals, metals, mining, power, and renewable sectors. It also offers extensive research and advisory services, guiding clients on critical decisions related to capital allocation, asset appraisal and benchmarking, commodity market trends, and corporate performance. Additionally, this segment provides specialized consultancy in areas such as optimizing business environments, implementing improvements, developing strategic plans, offering commercial advice, and facilitating transaction support, along with expert analysis and guidance concerning assets, corporations, governmental bodies, and broader market dynamics. Finally, the Financial Services segment furnishes financial institutions, payment networks and processors, alternative lenders, regulatory bodies, and merchants with essential benchmarking tools, advanced decisioning algorithms, business intelligence solutions, and bespoke analytical services. Established in 1971, Verisk Analytics, Inc. maintains its headquarters in Jersey City, New Jersey.

CEO
Lee Shavel
Headquarters
Jersey City, NJ
Employees
8,000
IPO
2009-10-07
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