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Verisk Analytics

Insurance data and workflow software for underwriting, catastrophe risk, claims, and repair estimating.

$191.77
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Verisk Analytics, Inc.VRSKInformation Technology

Supplies insurers with data, predictive models, and workflow software for rating, underwriting, catastrophe risk, claims, fraud, and property repair estimating. Operating as one Insurance segment, it earns most revenue through subscriptions and long-term agreements built around proprietary and client-contributed data.

Provides data, analytics, and workflow software through one Insurance segment. Underwriting offerings span ISO insurance programs, property and vehicle risk data, catastrophe and weather models, specialty-market software, and life-and-annuity administration. Claims offerings cover fraud detection, compliance reporting, casualty analytics, and property repair estimating. The core franchise serves U.S. property-and-casualty insurers, with additional operations across Europe, Canada, and Asia-Pacific markets.

Turns proprietary and insurer-contributed records, field observations, and third-party data into models and software embedded in rating, underwriting, and claims workflows. Most revenue comes through subscriptions or long-term agreements. Operations depend on continued client data contributions, reliable cloud delivery, and state insurance reporting requirements.

Company facts

CEOLee M. Shavel
ListedOct 7, 2009
ExchangeNASDAQ
HeadquartersJersey City, NJ
CountryUnited States
Employees8,000
CIK0001442145
ISINUS92345Y1064

Key statistics

Market cap$24.96B
EPS (ttm)$6.51
P/E (ttm)29.46
ROE-212.0%
P/B−21.09
P/S7.96
Dividend yield0.99%
Beta−0.33vs XLK −0.60

Year to date −13.2% · Average volume (30d) 1.5M

Analysts

Price target, next 12 months$231.50+20.7%Median of 25 analysts · vs the Aug 28 close
ConsensusHold9 of 25 analysts rate it buy or better

Ratings

Target range

Latest analyst notes

DateFirmActionPrior ratingRatingPrior targetTarget
Jul 30, 2026UBSReiterateNeutral$235$228
Jul 30, 2026Robert W. BairdTarget$230$247
Jul 30, 2026Evercore ISITarget$279$223
Jul 23, 2026JefferiesReiterateBuy$230$235
Jun 18, 2026Redburn PartnersTarget$185

Earnings

EPS

Estimate$1.92
ReportedDue Nov 4, 2026

Revenue

Estimate$806.3M
ReportedDue Nov 4, 2026

History

Report dateEPS estEPSSurpriseRevenue estRevenueSurpriseNext session
Jul 29, 2026Q2 FY26$1.93$1.98+2.6%$804.0M$806.3M+0.3%−6.01%
Apr 29, 2026Q1 FY26$1.74$1.82+4.6%$771.6M$782.6M+1.4%−1.97%
Feb 18, 2026Q4 FY25$1.61$1.82+13.0%$773.6M$778.8M+0.7%−0.10%
Oct 29, 2025Q3 FY25$1.70$1.72+1.2%$776.3M$768.3M−1.0%+4.62%
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Financial highlights

12 quartersQ1 FY25Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26
Revenue$753.0M$772.6M$768.3M$778.8M$782.6M$806.3M
Gross profit$522.2M$543.1M$538.8M$464.2M$546.0M$572.9M
Operating income$330.1M$354.3M$345.9M$339.5M$352.2M$363.7M
Net income$232.3M$253.3M$225.5M$197.2M$234.2M$228.6M
Diluted EPS$1.65$1.81$1.61$1.42$1.73$1.75
Gross margin69.3%70.3%70.1%59.6%69.8%71.1%
Operating margin43.8%45.9%45.0%43.6%45.0%45.1%

Fiscal years (4-quarter sums)FY21 $3.00B · FY22 $2.10B · FY23 $2.68B · FY24 $2.88B · FY25 $3.07B

Revenue by product · Q2 FY26

Insurance$569.1M · 100%

Revenue by geography · Q2 FY26

United States$651.3M · 81%
Other Countries$88.7M · 11%
United Kingdom$66.3M · 8%

Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $551.4M · Total debt $4.62B · Total assets $4.50B · Shareholders' equity −$1.19B

Dividends

Next ex-date
Sep 15, 2026
in 17 days
Annual dividend
$1.90
per share
Dividend yield
0.99%
Schedule
Quarterly
4 payments a year

Raised for 6 straight years — most recently to $0.50 from $0.45 in Mar 2026. To collect a payout, hold shares through the close before the ex-date.

History

Ex-dateRecordPaidAmountNote
Jun 15, 2026Jun 15Jun 30$0.50
Mar 13, 2026Mar 13Mar 31$0.50raised from $0.45
Dec 15, 2025Dec 15Dec 31$0.45
Sep 15, 2025Sep 15Sep 30$0.45
Jun 13, 2025Jun 13Jun 30$0.45
Mar 14, 2025Mar 14Mar 31$0.45raised from $0.39
Dec 13, 2024Dec 13Dec 31$0.39
Sep 13, 2024Sep 15Sep 30$0.39
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Ownership

Institutions 129.55%Insiders 0.28%

A 13F quarter can total more than the shares outstanding — sub-advisers file the same block twice, and a filer's own share count can be a quarter stale. No split is drawn from it.

Shares outstanding 130.16M · Float 129.77M · 99.7% free float

Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4

HolderShares% outstandingFormFiled
BlackRock, Inc.10.32M7.93%13FAug 7, 2026
Vanguard Capital Management LLC8.56M6.58%13FAug 13, 2026
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC6.31M4.85%13FAug 13, 2026
AllianceBernstein L.P.6.01M4.62%13FAug 14, 2026
State Street Corp5.77M4.43%13FAug 7, 2026

Insider tradesForm 4

DateInsiderRoleSharesAvg price
Aug 17, 2026Elizabeth Mannofficer: Chief Financial Officer−400$179.95
Aug 3, 2026Lee Shaveldirector, officer: Chief Executive Officer−3,535$196.94
Jul 29, 2026Lee Shaveldirector, officer: Chief Executive Officer−2,500$220.00
Jul 31, 2026Kathy Card Becklesofficer: Chief Legal Officer−2,020$195.49
Jul 15, 2026Elizabeth Mannofficer: Chief Financial Officer−400$192.11
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Peers

  • RELX (ADR)

    Broad insurance data and risk-decision peer

  • Moody's

    Direct catastrophe-modeling peer through Moody's RMS

  • Guidewire Software

    P&C workflow and analytics platform peer

  • CCC Intelligent Solutions

    Claims workflow and repair-estimating peer

  • Aon

    Catastrophe and reinsurance analytics competitor

  • TransUnion

    Insurance underwriting-data and claims-history peer

  • FICO

    Insurance decisioning and fraud-analytics peer

  • Equifax

    Narrow underwriting-data and scoring peer

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