Verisk Analytics, Inc. (VRSK) Key Metrics
VRSK valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $24.85B
- Enterprise value
- $26.43B
- P/E (TTM)
- 29.3 10-yr median 37.7
- Forward P/E
- 20.1
- PEG ratio
- 1.45
- Price / sales
- 8.0 10-yr median 10.7
- Price / book
- 74.9 10-yr median 13.0
- EV / EBITDA
- 15.7 10-yr median 24.2
- Dividend yield
- 1.05% $2.00 a year
- Beta
- 0.69
VRSK key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsVRSK valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
VRSK returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
VRSK per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
VRSK financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
VRSK efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
VRSK valuation history
VRSK returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
VRSK debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
VRSK cash returned to shareholders
VRSK price vs earnings per share
VRSK key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $31.12B | $39.34B | $35.19B | $28.04B | $37.36B | $34.32B | $24.87B | $18.35B | $16.19B | $13.89B |
| Enterprise value | $33.98B | $42.30B | $37.99B | $31.88B | $40.83B | $37.62B | $28.09B | $20.93B | $19.06B | $16.14B |
| P/E ratio | 34.3 | 41.1 | 57.3 | 29.4 | 56.1 | 48.2 | 55.3 | 30.7 | 29.2 | 23.5 |
| Price / sales | 10.1 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 15.2 | 15.1 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.0 |
| Price / book | 100.7 | 393.0 | 113.5 | 16.0 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 10.4 |
| Price / free cash flow | 26.1 | 42.8 | 42.4 | 35.7 | 42.1 | 41.8 | 33.6 | 26.1 | 28.9 | 33.0 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 21.7 | 34.4 | 33.2 | 26.5 | 32.3 | 32.1 | 26.0 | 19.6 | 21.8 | 24.1 |
| EV / sales | 11.1 | 14.7 | 14.2 | 12.8 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 10.8 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.1 |
| EV / EBITDA | 22.9 | 25.5 | 26.7 | 18.3 | 31.5 | 28.6 | 27.6 | 18.3 | 18.2 | 16.2 |
| EV / free cash flow | 28.5 | 46.0 | 45.7 | 40.6 | 46.0 | 45.8 | 38.0 | 29.8 | 34.0 | 38.3 |
| Earnings yield | 2.9% | 2.4% | 1.7% | 3.4% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Free cash flow yield | 3.8% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 2.8% | 3.2% | 8.5% | 6.6% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 3.5% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $223.69 | $275.43 | $238.86 | $176.42 | $228.73 | $207.59 | $149.34 | $109.04 | $96.00 | $81.17 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $22.09 | $20.17 | $18.20 | $15.71 | $15.08 | $13.73 | $15.65 | $14.23 | $12.72 | $11.66 |
| Earnings per share | $6.53 | $6.70 | $4.17 | $6.00 | $4.08 | $4.31 | $2.70 | $3.56 | $3.29 | $3.45 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $10.32 | $8.01 | $7.20 | $6.66 | $7.08 | $6.46 | $5.74 | $5.55 | $4.41 | $3.37 |
| Free cash flow per share | $8.57 | $6.44 | $5.64 | $4.93 | $5.43 | $4.97 | $4.44 | $4.18 | $3.32 | $2.46 |
| Cash per share | $15.66 | $2.04 | $2.05 | $0.71 | $0.69 | $1.32 | $1.11 | $0.83 | $0.87 | $0.81 |
| Book value per share | $2.22 | $0.70 | $2.10 | $11.01 | $17.24 | $16.32 | $13.57 | $12.30 | $11.41 | $7.78 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$13.77 | −$14.13 | −$13.05 | −$2.72 | $1.75 | −$16.90 | −$18.03 | −$14.97 | −$16.53 | −$13.18 |
| Dividends per share | $1.81 | $1.55 | $1.34 | $1.23 | $1.15 | $1.06 | $0.98 | $0.97 | $0.97 | $0.96 |
| Capex per share | $1.75 | $1.57 | $1.56 | $1.73 | $1.64 | $1.49 | $1.30 | $1.37 | $1.09 | $0.91 |
| Debt per share | $36.21 | $22.72 | $21.01 | $24.89 | $21.90 | $21.32 | $20.41 | $16.18 | $17.84 | $13.95 |
| Shares outstanding | 139.1M | 142.8M | 147.3M | 158.9M | 163.3M | 165.3M | 166.6M | 168.3M | 168.7M | 171.2M |
| Change in shares outstanding | −2.6% | −3.1% | −7.3% | −2.7% | −1.2% | −0.7% | −1.0% | −0.2% | −1.5% | +1.6% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 444.0% | 467.0% | 59.7% | 41.8% | 24.2% | 28.7% | 20.8% | 30.0% | 34.1% | 43.7% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 33.5% | 31.5% | 19.5% | 19.6% | 11.5% | 13.3% | 10.9% | 14.7% | 15.4% | 13.3% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 17.4% | 22.2% | 10.8% | 12.9% | 8.7% | 9.8% | 6.9% | 10.0% | 10.4% | 11.5% |
| Return on tangible assets | 22.9% | 44.6% | 28.8% | 20.0% | 12.6% | 34.4% | 25.1% | 45.7% | 42.5% | 56.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 38.8% | 31.9% | 31.0% | 31.4% | 36.0% | 36.2% | 28.4% | 29.4% | 26.1% | 21.1% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.58 | 1.19 | 1.73 | 1.11 | 1.73 | 1.50 | 2.13 | 1.56 | 1.34 | 0.98 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $5.04B | $3.25B | $3.10B | $3.96B | $3.58B | $3.52B | $3.40B | $2.72B | $3.01B | $2.39B |
| Cash & short-term investments | $2.18B | $291.2M | $302.7M | $112.5M | $111.9M | $218.8M | $184.6M | $139.5M | $146.1M | $138.5M |
| Net debt | $2.86B | $2.95B | $2.79B | $3.84B | $3.47B | $3.31B | $3.22B | $2.58B | $2.86B | $2.25B |
| Debt / equity | 16.30 | 32.43 | 9.99 | 2.26 | 1.27 | 1.31 | 1.50 | 1.32 | 1.56 | 1.79 |
| Debt / assets | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.57 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.52 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.92 | 1.78 | 1.96 | 2.21 | 2.67 | 2.51 | 3.16 | 2.26 | 2.73 | 2.25 |
| Current ratio | 1.20 | 0.74 | 1.05 | 0.40 | 0.49 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.81 |
| Quick ratio | 1.20 | 0.74 | 1.04 | 0.21 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.76 |
| Interest coverage | 7.9 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.4 |
| Working capital | $465.1M | −$327.3M | $38.7M | −$1.39B | −$940.6M | −$636.6M | −$746.9M | −$680.1M | −$740.0M | −$120.7M |
| Invested capital | $3.17B | $3.05B | $3.10B | $5.59B | $6.28B | $6.00B | $5.48B | $4.65B | $4.79B | $3.58B |
| Tangible asset value | −$1.92B | −$2.01B | −$1.91B | −$413.1M | $312.6M | −$2.79B | −$3.00B | −$2.52B | −$2.79B | −$2.26B |
| Net current asset value | −$3.12B | −$3.25B | −$3.23B | −$4.27B | −$4.06B | −$4.07B | −$4.05B | −$3.19B | −$3.50B | −$2.80B |
| Graham number | $18.06 | $10.28 | $14.05 | $38.56 | $39.78 | $39.79 | $28.72 | $31.38 | $29.07 | $24.59 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$24.11 | −$24.36 | −$23.55 | −$28.99 | −$27.83 | −$25.77 | −$25.35 | −$20.00 | −$21.63 | −$17.01 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $251.1M | $221.3M | $196.8M | $195.2M | $188.2M | $175.8M | $163.5M | $163.5M | $163.5M | $163.5M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $624.0M | $1.05B | $2.80B | $1.66B | $475.0M | $348.8M | $300.0M | $438.6M | $276.3M | $326.8M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 27.6% | 23.1% | 32.0% | 20.5% | 28.2% | 24.7% | 36.3% | 27.3% | 29.5% | 27.7% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 73.4% | 138.2% | 360.7% | 236.9% | 74.7% | 63.9% | 62.7% | 85.6% | 78.5% | 116.5% |
| Capex / revenue | 7.9% | 7.8% | 8.6% | 11.0% | 10.9% | 10.9% | 8.3% | 9.6% | 8.6% | 7.8% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 17.0% | 19.6% | 21.7% | 25.9% | 23.2% | 23.1% | 22.7% | 24.7% | 24.7% | 27.1% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.82 | 0.81 | 0.70 | 0.69 | 0.67 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.70 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 2.2% |
| R&D / revenue | 8.5% | — | 7.7% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.5% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 1.4% |
| SG&A / revenue | 14.4% | 14.2% | 14.6% | 15.3% | 17.2% | 18.2% | 23.1% | 15.8% | 15.0% | 15.1% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 58.7 | 55.4 | 47.1 | 49.4 | 59.2 | 74.4 | 60.1 | 58.3 | 58.5 | 56.1 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | — | 94.0 | 121.5 | 39.3 | 36.0 | 26.0 | 21.0 | 15.6 | 17.8 |
| Days payables outstanding | 31.3 | 49.4 | 59.8 | 48.9 | 40.9 | 41.3 | 28.9 | 29.6 | 33.3 | 42.8 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 27.4 | 6.0 | 81.3 | 122.0 | 57.6 | 69.1 | 57.1 | 49.7 | 40.7 | 31.0 |
| Receivables turnover | 6.22 | 6.58 | 7.75 | 7.39 | 6.16 | 4.91 | 6.08 | 6.26 | 6.24 | 6.51 |
| Payables turnover | 11.66 | 7.39 | 6.11 | 7.47 | 8.92 | 8.83 | 12.63 | 12.34 | 10.95 | 8.53 |
| Inventory turnover | — | — | 3.88 | 3.00 | 9.29 | 10.14 | 14.06 | 17.38 | 23.40 | 20.52 |
| Asset turnover | 0.59 | 0.67 | 0.47 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.39 |
| Average receivables | $494.2M | $437.7M | $346.0M | $337.8M | $399.6M | $462.6M | $428.9M | $382.4M | $343.8M | $306.4M |
| Average payables | $79.3M | $122.0M | $143.6M | $110.5M | $95.8M | $89.7M | $77.3M | $71.8M | $71.6M | $83.8M |
| Average inventory | — | — | $225.7M | $274.4M | $91.9M | $78.1M | $69.5M | $51.0M | $33.5M | $34.8M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 35.9% | 49.7% | 51.1% | 31.3% | 32.4% | 72.6% | 74.6% | 77.8% | 78.3% | 77.5% |
Computed from VRSK's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 18, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
VRSK valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Verisk traded at 34.3 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 37.7. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 29.3 and the forward P/E is 20.1. Verisk earned a return on equity of 444.0% and a return on invested capital of 33.5% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $5.0 billion of debt and $2.2 billion in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $2.9 billion. It returned $875.1 million to shareholders: $251.1 million in dividends and $624.0 million in share buybacks, 73% of free cash flow. The share count fell 18.7% from 171.2M to 139.1M over 9 years.
See the VRSK income statement, the VRSK chart for price history, or the VRSK stock overview for the latest quote and news.
VRSK key metrics FAQ
What is Verisk's P/E ratio?
Verisk's trailing P/E ratio is 29.3 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 20.1. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 34.3, compared with a 10-year median of 37.7.
What is Verisk's EV/EBITDA?
Verisk's enterprise value was 22.9 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $34.0 billion, EBITDA $1.5 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 15.7.
What is Verisk's return on equity?
Verisk's return on equity (ROE) was 444.0% in fiscal 2025: net income of $908.3 million on average shareholders' equity of $204.6 million. ROE is high partly because years of buybacks have reduced equity on the balance sheet.
What is Verisk's ROIC?
Verisk's return on invested capital was 33.5% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Verisk have?
Verisk had total debt of $5.0 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 16.30 and $2.9 billion of net debt (1.92 times EBITDA).
What is Verisk's dividend yield?
Verisk's forward dividend yield is 1.05%. Verisk paid $251.1 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($1.81 per share), a payout ratio of 27.6%.
Does Verisk buy back its shares?
Yes. Verisk spent $624.0 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −2.6% over the year, to 139.1M..
What is Verisk's free cash flow yield?
Verisk generated $1.2 billion of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 3.8% on its market value at year-end ($31.1 billion).
What is Verisk's current ratio?
Verisk's current ratio was 1.20 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.20 times current liabilities.