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Verisk Analytics Inc VRSK

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$182.55 +3.58 (2.00%)
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Verisk's Data and Solutions Are Embedded in the US P&C Insurance Industry

Rajiv Bhatia

Verisk traces its history to Insurance Services Office, a nonprofit advisory firm founded in 1971 by US property-casualty insurers. As its ambitions grew, Verisk gradually changed into a for-profit entity and went public in 2009. Verisk operates primarily under a consortium business model whereby it sources its data from customers, aggregates it, and sells it back to them. As a result, Verisk’s mission-critical, proprietary data and analytics are embedded in the P&C insurance market and have proven highly sticky.

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Price vs Fair Value

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VRSK is trading at a 780% premium.
Price
$182.53
Fair Value
$375.00
Uncertainty
Medium
1-Star Price
$573.66
5-Star Price
$436.50
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

After divesting its noninsurance businesses, Verisk is more focused than ever, and its mission-critical data may lead to better-than-expected pricing power.

Bears

The rise of generative AI could make it easier for clients to build their own software solutions and for competitors to build competing products.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$178.97
Day Range
$177.66–183.94
52-Week Range
$155.94–314.80
Bid/Ask
$167.68 / $195.00
Shares Outstanding
131.02M
Market Cap
$23.92B
Volume/Avg
2M / 2M

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
25.21
Price/Sales
8.16
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
1.03%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
1.12%
Total Yield
9.59%

Company Profile

Verisk is a leading data, analytics, and technology provider for property-casualty insurers. Verisk traces its history to Insurance Services Office, a nonprofit advisory organization founded in 1971 by US P&C insurers. ISO was formed as an association of insurance companies to assist with a variety of insurance use cases, such as reporting to regulators, defining policies, and determining independent premium rates. As the firm expanded its use cases, it became a for-profit company, renamed Verisk, and went public in 2009. Verisk's single segment (insurance) provides underwriting solutions, including forms, rules, loss costs, and catastrophe modeling. For claims, Verisk's solutions include property repair estimates and antifraud tools. About 83% of Verisk's revenue is US-based.
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Consulting Services
Stock Style Box
Mid Core
Total Number of Employees
8,000
Website
https://www.verisk.com

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VRSK
EFX
TRU
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
 25.2121.0715.79
Price/Book Value
 —4.422.84
Price/Sales
 8.163.302.90
Price/Cash Flow
 17.8213.1711.21
Price/Earnings
VRSK
EFX
TRU

Financial Strength

Metric
VRSK
EFX
TRU
Quick Ratio
 0.910.511.70
Current Ratio
 1.020.611.93
Interest Coverage
 7.665.394.50
Quick Ratio
VRSK
EFX
TRU

Profitability

Metric
VRSK
EFX
TRU
Return on Assets (Normalized)
 18.63%8.27%7.71%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
 —20.31%19.23%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
 26.25%11.45%10.49%
Return on Assets
VRSK
EFX
TRU

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