How to buy Verisk Analytics stock (VRSK)

Verisk Analytics is a consulting services business based in the US. Verisk Analytics shares (VRSK) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $276.86 – a decrease of 2.29% over the previous week. Verisk Analytics employs 7,500 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.8 billion.

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Verisk Analytics stock price (NASDAQ: VRSK)

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Verisk Analytics shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$276.86
52-week range	$216.41 - $296.18
50-day moving average more info button	$279.63
200-day moving average more info button	$261.51
Wall St. target price	$287.07
PE ratio more info button	42.5247
Dividend yield more info button	$1.51 (0.57%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$6.48

Is it a good time to buy Verisk Analytics stock?

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Verisk Analytics price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $276.86 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-13)	-2.29%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-4.77%
3 months (2024-09-20)	4.53%
6 months (2024-06-21)	2.42%

1 year (2023-12-22)	17.21%
2 years (2022-12-22)	60.62%
3 years (2021-12-22)	26.07%
5 years (2019-12-20)	90.89%

Is Verisk Analytics stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Verisk Analytics stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Verisk Analytics's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Verisk Analytics's P/E ratio

Verisk Analytics's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 43x. In other words, Verisk Analytics shares trade at around 43x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Verisk Analytics's PEG ratio

Verisk Analytics's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.797. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Verisk Analytics's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Verisk Analytics's EBITDA

Verisk Analytics's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.4 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Verisk Analytics's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Verisk Analytics financials

Revenue TTM	$2.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	42.98%
Gross profit TTM	$1.7 billion
Return on assets TTM	16.98%
Return on equity TTM	265.61%
Profit margin	32.65%
Book value	$2.12
Market Capitalization more info button	$38.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Verisk Analytics share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 24.22% of net profits

Recently Verisk Analytics has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Verisk Analytics shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Verisk Analytics's case, that would currently equate to about $1.51 per share.

While Verisk Analytics's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Verisk Analytics is investing more in its future growth.

Verisk Analytics's most recent dividend payout was on 30 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Verisk Analytics share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Verisk Analytics's shares have ranged in value from as little as $216.4064 up to $296.1795. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Verisk Analytics's is 0.862. This would suggest that Verisk Analytics's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Verisk Analytics overview

Verisk Analytics, Inc. provides data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance markets in the United States and internationally. It offers policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and various underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization; property- and auto- specific rating and underwriting information solutions that allows clients to understand, quantify, underwrite, mitigate, and avoid potential loss for risks; catastrophe modeling solutions, which enables companies to identify, quantify, and plan for the financial consequences of catastrophes for use by insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and governments. The company also provides 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 modeling; Marketing Solutions, such as compliant, real-time decisioning, profitability, and risk assessment for inbound consumer interactions; and international underwriting and claims solutions. In addition, it offers claims insurance solutions, which provides analytics in fraud detection, compliance reporting, subrogation liability assessment, litigation, and repair cost estimation and valuation solutions; and casualty solutions, such as compliance, casualty claims decision support, and workflow automation solutions. Further, the company supplies software to the specialty insurance market. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Verisk Analytics is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.228% of Verisk Analytics shares are held by insiders and 95.432% by institutions. How many people work for Verisk Analytics?
Latest data suggests 7,500 work at Verisk Analytics. When does the fiscal year end for Verisk Analytics?
Verisk Analytics's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Verisk Analytics based?
Verisk Analytics's address is: 545 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ, United States, 07310-1686 What is Verisk Analytics's ISIN number?
Verisk Analytics's international securities identification number is: US92345Y1064 What is Verisk Analytics's CUSIP number?
Verisk Analytics's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 92345Y106