Verisk Analytics Valuation

Is VRSK undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of VRSK when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: VRSK (€276.7) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€244.88)

Significantly Below Fair Value: VRSK is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for VRSK?

Key metric: As VRSK is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for VRSK. This is calculated by dividing VRSK's market cap by their current earnings.
What is VRSK's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio44.2x
EarningsUS$930.30m
Market CapUS$41.05b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does VRSK's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for VRSK vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average46.2x
53.5xn/a€89.0m
WKL Wolters Kluwer
36.1x7.2%€37.3b
EXPN Experian
36.8x12.7%UK£35.1b
EFX Equifax
58.2x26.2%US$31.4b
VRSK Verisk Analytics
44.2x7.9%€41.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: VRSK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.2x) compared to the peer average (46.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does VRSK's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Professional Services Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
VRSK 44.2xIndustry Avg. 18.2xNo. of Companies13PE01224364860+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: VRSK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (44.2x) compared to the European Professional Services industry average (18.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is VRSK's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

VRSK PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio44.2x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate VRSK's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst VRSK forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€276.70
€268.38
-3.0%
9.0%€305.05€215.88n/a15
Nov ’25€252.70
€260.74
+3.2%
8.3%€287.77€211.46n/a15
Oct ’25€243.60
€246.74
+1.3%
8.1%€279.84€203.11n/a15
Sep ’25€245.90
€243.81
-0.8%
7.4%€272.70€201.17n/a16
Aug ’25€240.70
€249.79
+3.8%
6.9%€276.16€208.51n/a16
Jul ’25€249.20
€237.18
-4.8%
6.3%€256.60€200.62n/a15
Jun ’25€229.00
€235.72
+2.9%
6.2%€256.36€200.42n/a16
May ’25€205.20
€236.56
+15.3%
6.1%€257.21€201.09n/a17
Apr ’25€217.60
€232.16
+6.7%
6.3%€253.72€198.36n/a17
Mar ’25€221.40
€234.84
+6.1%
6.8%€268.31€198.92n/a19
Feb ’25€224.60
€230.82
+2.8%
6.5%€262.20€202.40n/a19
Jan ’25€215.00
€228.35
+6.2%
7.3%€261.43€188.05n/a19
Dec ’24€222.40
€226.82
+2.0%
7.9%€261.77€188.29n/a19
Nov ’24€209.50
€233.63
+11.5%
8.1%€269.70€193.99€252.7018
Oct ’24€225.80
€235.27
+4.2%
6.3%€257.90€205.38€243.6016
Sep ’24€224.70
€225.03
+0.1%
7.1%€249.89€195.37€245.9017
Aug ’24€208.80
€209.38
+0.3%
8.9%€233.71€160.00€240.7017
Jul ’24€207.80
€206.79
-0.5%
8.1%€232.70€165.68€249.2017
Jun ’24€204.80
€203.02
-0.9%
9.6%€230.35€157.56€229.0017
May ’24€172.70
€178.99
+3.6%
8.2%€200.27€152.02€205.2016
Apr ’24€177.96
€182.42
+2.5%
7.6%€205.22€155.78€217.6016
Mar ’24€166.06
€178.38
+7.4%
12.0%€206.34€117.24€221.4016
Feb ’24€166.12
€174.34
+4.9%
11.9%€202.47€115.04€224.6016
Jan ’24€166.10
€180.20
+8.5%
9.3%€208.87€156.65€215.0015
Dec ’23€176.52
€187.09
+6.0%
8.5%€208.47€163.80€222.4015
Nov ’23€184.04
€202.15
+9.8%
8.8%€222.84€167.13€209.5014

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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