Verisk Analytics
VRSK on Nasdaq. Verisk Analytics sells risk data and analytics to businesses. Market value $21.3bn.
Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to December 2025.
Should I look at this?
Worth a closer look
Why it could be worth it
What to watch out for
This is not advice. Check the numbers below.
For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $5.75 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.
You pay 18.5 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.
Each dollar kept in the business earns 31 cents a year. Above 10 is good.
Quality score: 80 of 100. Price score: 76 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$165.20 a share, 6% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $155.94 to $248.22.
Dividend: 1.2% a year
Paid every year for at least 5 years
Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | $2.5bn | $2.5bn | $2.7bn | $2.9bn | $3.1bn |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | 37.0% | 56.3% | 42.2% | 43.5% | 43.7% |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | 1.18 | 2.14 | 9.25 | 30.58 | 15.33 |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.16bn | 0.14bn | 0.14bn | 0.14bn | 0.13bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive5 of 5 years
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Nothing unusual
- Financial strength (Piotroski)7 of 9
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)No
- Debt15.33× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 6.2% a year
- Buying back its own sharesYes, 16% fewer since 2021
The quarter to June 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $806 million last quarter, up 4% on a year ago.
- Profit: $229 million, down 10% on a year ago.
- It keeps 44 cents of each $1 of sales as operating profit, about the same as a year earlier.
- Spare cash over the past 12 months: $1.2 billion, up from $1 billion.
- 7% fewer shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit more of the company.
- Debt is $3.9 billion more than cash, up from $2.6 billion a year ago.
- Sales grew on a year ago in each of the last 4 quarters.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $725m |
| December 2024 | $736m |
| March 2025 | $753m |
| June 2025 | $773m |
| September 2025 | $768m |
| December 2025 | $779m |
| March 2026 | $783m |
| June 2026 | $806m |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $220m |
| December 2024 | $210m |
| March 2025 | $232m |
| June 2025 | $253m |
| September 2025 | $226m |
| December 2025 | $197m |
| March 2026 | $234m |
| June 2026 | $229m |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- 28 October 2026
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 18 February 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 28 October 2026
Who owns it
13 long-term investors we follow own it, up from 11 last quarter. 956 funds in all.
- Markel GroupTom Gayner
- Value
- $28m
- Share of fund
- 0.2%
- Torray Investment PartnersRobert Torray (founder)
- Value
- $4m
- Share of fund
- 0.6%
- Horizon KineticsMurray Stahl
- Value
- $1m
- Share of fund
- <0.1%
| Fund | Value | Share of that fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Select Equity GroupGeorge Loening | $158m | 0.8% | Added |
| Mawer Investment ManagementMawer team | $83m | 0.6% | Added |
| GuardCap Asset ManagementGuardCap team | $71m | 5.1% | Cut |
| Jensen Investment ManagementEric Schoenstein | $68m | 1.7% | Cut |
| Gotham Asset ManagementJoel Greenblatt | $66m | 0.2% | Added |
| Fenimore Asset Management (FAM Funds)John Fox | $35m | 0.7% | Cut |
| Markel GroupTom Gayner | $28m | 0.2% | |
| Torray Investment PartnersRobert Torray (founder) | $4m | 0.6% | |
| Yacktman Asset ManagementStephen Yacktman | $4m | <0.1% | Added |
| Lindsell TrainNick Train | $2m | <0.1% | Added |
| Clarkston Capital PartnersJeff Hakala | $1m | 0.1% | New |
| Horizon KineticsMurray Stahl | $1m | <0.1% | |
| Auxier Asset ManagementJeff Auxier | $377,013 | <0.1% | New |
Largest holders overall
- BlackRock$1.9bnCut
- Vanguard Capital Management$1.5bnCut
- Alliancebernstein L.P.$1.1bnCut
- Vanguard Portfolio Management$1.1bnCut
- State Street$1.0bnCut
- Capital International Investors$948mCut
- Bamco$844mAdded
- Morgan Stanley$826m
- Geode Capital Management$725mCut
- Massachusetts Financial Services$419mCut
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
2 investors own more than 5%.
- BlackRock, Inc.Passive investor7.8%Since 30 June 2025
- Vanguard Capital ManagementPassive investor7.5%Since 31 March 2026
- AllianceBernstein L.P.Passive investorSold down below 5%Since 30 June 2026
- The Vanguard GroupPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 13 March 2026
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc. Passive investor | 7.8% | 30 June 2025 | |
Vanguard Capital Management Passive investor | 7.5% | 31 March 2026 | |
AllianceBernstein L.P. Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 30 June 2026 | |
The Vanguard Group Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 13 March 2026 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
In the last 12 months, 5 insiders bought $763,943 of shares on the open market. 5 sold $7m, $5m of it under preset trading plans.
- Shavel LeeChief Executive Officer, DirectorSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 1 October 2026
- Shares
- 3,535
- Price
- $170.70
- Value
- $603,425
- Mann ElizabethChief Financial OfficerSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 15 September 2026
- Shares
- 400
- Price
- $184.91
- Value
- $73,964
- Shavel LeeChief Executive Officer, DirectorSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 1 September 2026
- Shares
- 3,535
- Price
- $193.43
- Value
- $683,775
- Mann ElizabethChief Financial OfficerSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 17 August 2026
- Shares
- 400
- Price
- $179.95
- Value
- $71,980
- Shavel LeeChief Executive Officer, DirectorSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 3 August 2026
- Shares
- 3,535
- Price
- $196.94
- Value
- $696,183
- Beckles Kathy CardChief Legal OfficerSold
- Date
- 31 July 2026
- Shares
- 2,020
- Price
- $195.49
- Value
- $394,890
- Shavel LeeChief Executive Officer, DirectorSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 29 July 2026
- Shares
- 2,500
- Price
- $220.00
- Value
- $550,000
- Mann ElizabethChief Financial OfficerSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 15 July 2026
- Shares
- 400
- Price
- $192.11
- Value
- $76,844
- Mann ElizabethChief Financial OfficerSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 15 June 2026
- Shares
- 400
- Price
- $179.54
- Value
- $71,816
- LISS SAMUEL GDirectorSold
- Date
- 5 June 2026
- Shares
- 4,671
- Price
- $182.21
- Value
- $851,103
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 October 2026 | Shavel Lee Chief Executive Officer, Director | Sold under a preset trading plan | 3,535 | $170.70 | $603,425 |
| 15 September 2026 | Mann Elizabeth Chief Financial Officer | Sold under a preset trading plan | 400 | $184.91 | $73,964 |
| 1 September 2026 | Shavel Lee Chief Executive Officer, Director | Sold under a preset trading plan | 3,535 | $193.43 | $683,775 |
| 17 August 2026 | Mann Elizabeth Chief Financial Officer | Sold under a preset trading plan | 400 | $179.95 | $71,980 |
| 3 August 2026 | Shavel Lee Chief Executive Officer, Director | Sold under a preset trading plan | 3,535 | $196.94 | $696,183 |
| 31 July 2026 | Beckles Kathy Card Chief Legal Officer | Sold | 2,020 | $195.49 | $394,890 |
| 29 July 2026 | Shavel Lee Chief Executive Officer, Director | Sold under a preset trading plan | 2,500 | $220.00 | $550,000 |
| 15 July 2026 | Mann Elizabeth Chief Financial Officer | Sold under a preset trading plan | 400 | $192.11 | $76,844 |
| 15 June 2026 | Mann Elizabeth Chief Financial Officer | Sold under a preset trading plan | 400 | $179.54 | $71,816 |
| 5 June 2026 | LISS SAMUEL G Director | Sold | 4,671 | $182.21 | $851,103 |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
None of the warning signs we check for were found.
We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.
We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 18 Feb 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 29 Jul 2026 and 8 later 8-Ks.
A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.
What could go wrong
- It carries a lot of debt: 15.3× its equity.
Whether the price already reflects the risks is what the deep dive is for.
The deep dive
Everything above is arithmetic on public filings. The deep dive reads the last ten years of annual reports, the proxy statements, and the earnings calls, then argues the case the way Buffett, Klarman, and Hohn would, and checks every claim against the source.
- What the business is worth, as a range, and the margin of safety at today’s price
- Prices to start buying, buy, and buy hard
- The three things that would make this a mistake
- Every number footnoted to the filing it came from
Your first deep dive is free.
Not advice. Numbers on this page come from SEC filings and are updated each night; prices are updated again after the US market closes. The five-year figures are rounded.