Verisk Analytics, Inc. (VRSK) Stock

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (VRSK) is a Technology stock trading at $187.68 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $24.59B and a trailing P/E of 27.0. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Verisk Analytics, Inc. is a data analytics company that provides predictive and decision support solutions for areas such as insurance risk, energy and natural resources, and financial services. It operates across three segments—Insurance, Energy and Specialized Markets, and Financial Services—serving clients involved in activities like underwriting, claims, and risk management.

Understand Verisk Analytics, Inc.: how it makes money

Verisk Analytics provides predictive analytics and decision support data solutions for risk-related decisions in insurance, energy, and financial services, helping customers with underwriting, claims, catastrophe and weather risk, and other analytics needs.

Its profit engine is selling predictive analytics and decision support to customers who use it to make ongoing risk decisions across insurance (including underwriting and claims), energy, and financial services.

Business quality (Solid): High-level business description and consolidated operating margin are provided, but segment revenue splits are incomplete in the provided facts, so segment-level insights are limited.

Valuation: Trades at 27× trailing earnings · $23B market cap.

Bull case

Risk-decision focus: Verisk provides predictive analytics and decision support for underwriting, rating, and claims, which maps directly to core insurer and risk-management workflows.
Multiple application areas: The company’s solutions span catastrophe and weather risk, global risk analytics, economic forecasting, and natural resources intelligence, supporting use cases across insurance, energy and specialized markets, and financial services.
Strong profitability in the latest period provided: For the period ending 2026-03-31, operating margin is shown as 45.0%.

Bear case

Customer spending sensitivity: Because the offering supports customer risk decisions, results can be affected if customers reduce spend on analytics and related decision-support tools.
Underwriting and claims mix matters: The operational KPIs available here include underwriting and claims revenue, implying performance could be sensitive to changes in those activities across customers.
Data and model performance risk: Predictive analytics and decision support depend on model and data quality, so errors or changing conditions could impact customer outcomes and renewal dynamics.

Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price	$187.68
Market Cap	$24.59B
P/E Ratio	27.0
EV / EBITDA	14.9
Price / Sales	7.93
FCF Yield	4.6%
DCF Value (model)	$77.56
DCF Upside vs Price	-58.7%

Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)	$3.07B
Net Margin	29.6%
Revenue Growth (YoY)	3.9%
EPS Growth (YoY)	4.2%
FCF Growth (YoY)	-16.5%

Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score	5.71 (safe)
Piotroski F-Score	6/9 (moderate)

Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E	27.0
Sector P/E (Technology)	33.9
Industry P/E (Business Services)	30.0
vs Sector	-20.4%
vs Industry	-9.8%

Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Insider Buys (12mo)	3
Insider Sells (12mo)	6
Top Institutional Holder	VANGUARD GROUP INC ($3.84B)
Institutional Holders Tracked	10
Congressional Trades (recent)	10

Company
Sector	Technology
Industry	Business Services
CEO	Lee Shavel
Employees	7,800
Country	US
IPO Date	2009-10-07

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.