Verisk Analytics Inc VRSK

What the company does

Verisk Analytics Inc is a large-cap company in the Industrials sector (Consulting Services), with a market value of $25.7B, based in the USA.

It employs about 8,000 people and has been listed since Oct 07, 2009.

Verisk Analytics, Inc. engages in the provision of data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance industry in the United States and internationally. 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.

Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group

Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 30.1 versus 29.6 for the median of the Industrials sector in our universe (24 companies) — priced in line with its group.

Revenue is growing 4% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 20.6 — they expect higher earnings.

The average analyst price target is 226.47, 16% above the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 52% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• • Quarterly report in 11 days (2026-11-05) — a day the stock can move a lot.

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 28 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ Buys back its shares (7% fewer shares in a year).
• ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (11 vs 0).
• ✅ Pays a dividend (0.9% a year).

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock rose 2.6% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.4%, sector ETF XLI -1.9%).

This week's news

• Verisk Comments on Delaware Supreme Court Order Regarding AccuLynx finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Verisk Analytics, Inc. JERSEY CITY, N.J., Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading strategic data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry, today issued the following statement in response to the Delaware Supreme Court order regarding the AccuLynx transaction: "We… source ↗

• Verisk Analytics (VRSK) Stock Looks Reasonable Even With Cash Flow Upside finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Verisk Analytics has climbed sharply in recent weeks, and that quick rebound now puts the spotlight on a simple question for investors who care about fundamentals. Do the cash flows coming off this business line up with where the stock trades today, or has sentiment moved faster than the underlying economics of… source ↗

• Verisk Analytics (VRSK) vs. MCO and SPGI: Can a 40% Pullback Unlock Upside in a Data-Driven Insurance Analytics Leader? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-22
  What the article says

  Is VRSK a good stock to buy? We came across a bullish thesis on Verisk Analytics, Inc. on THE ALPHA TRADER's Substack by Warren. In this article, we will summarize the bulls' thesis on VRSK. Verisk Analytics, Inc.'s share was trading at $190.87 as of October 20th 2026. VRSK's trailing and forward P/E were 26.39 and… source ↗

• Here’s Why The Strategy is Bullish on Verisk Analytics (VRSK)? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-19
  What the article says

  Victory Capital, overseeing the RS Large Cap Value Strategy, released its Q3 2026 investor letter. The letter can be downloaded here. The third quarter of 2026 experienced mixed market performance, with AI stocks declining due to safety concerns and geopolitical conflicts, alongside rising energy prices. The S&P 500… source ↗

• Thomson Reuters' AI Push Gains Steam: Is TRI Poised for Growth? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-19
  What the article says

  Thomson Reuters Corporation TRI is strengthening its growth prospects through artificial intelligence (AI)-driven innovation, supported by accelerating organic revenues, an improved annual outlook and strategic portfolio optimization. The company's expanding AI capabilities are expected to create additional revenue… source ↗

What changed since last week

• New risk flag: earnings report coming up.