Verisk Analytics, Inc.

NasdaqGS:VRSK Stock Report

Market Cap: US$39.7b

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 ($280.36) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($247.07)

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 Ratio42.6x
EarningsUS$930.30m
Market CapUS$39.65b

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 Average44.4x
EFX Equifax
54.1x26.6%US$30.8b
LDOS Leidos Holdings
17.7x5.1%US$21.4b
TRU TransUnion
84.3x33.8%US$18.6b
BAH Booz Allen Hamilton Holding
21.8x1.9%US$19.1b
VRSK Verisk Analytics
42.6x7.9%US$39.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: VRSK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.6x) compared to the peer average (44.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

10 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CNDT Conduent
1.4x-104.3%US$626.77m
CIH China Index Holdings
3.5xn/aUS$87.15m
ALJJ ALJ Regional Holdings
0.7xn/aUS$70.26m
STCN Steel Connect
2.9xn/aUS$62.85m
VRSK 42.6xIndustry Avg. 24.5xNo. of Companies17PE01632486480+
10 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: VRSK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.6x) compared to the US Professional Services industry average (24.5x).

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 Ratio42.6x
Fair PE Ratio31.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: VRSK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.1x).

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
CurrentUS$280.80
US$285.93
+1.8%
9.0%US$325.00US$230.00n/a15
Nov ’25US$275.48
US$283.60
+2.9%
8.3%US$313.00US$230.00n/a15
Oct ’25US$268.62
US$273.33
+1.8%
8.1%US$310.00US$225.00n/a15
Sep ’25US$272.82
US$272.69
-0.05%
7.4%US$305.00US$225.00n/a16
Aug ’25US$261.37
US$269.55
+3.1%
6.9%US$298.00US$225.00n/a16
Jul ’25US$268.11
US$254.19
-5.2%
6.3%US$275.00US$215.00n/a15
Jun ’25US$252.78
US$252.87
+0.03%
6.2%US$275.00US$215.00n/a16
May ’25US$232.81
US$252.93
+8.6%
6.1%US$275.00US$215.00n/a17
Apr ’25US$232.78
US$251.63
+8.1%
6.3%US$275.00US$215.00n/a17
Mar ’25US$241.65
US$253.83
+5.0%
6.8%US$290.00US$215.00n/a19
Feb ’25US$246.62
US$250.89
+1.7%
6.5%US$285.00US$220.00n/a19
Jan ’25US$238.86
US$248.94
+4.2%
7.3%US$285.00US$205.00n/a19
Dec ’24US$242.73
US$246.94
+1.7%
7.9%US$285.00US$205.00n/a19
Nov ’24US$222.25
US$246.89
+11.1%
8.1%US$285.00US$205.00US$275.4818
Oct ’24US$236.24
US$250.88
+6.2%
6.3%US$275.00US$219.00US$268.6216
Sep ’24US$242.84
US$247.64
+2.0%
7.1%US$275.00US$215.00US$272.8217
Aug ’24US$229.22
US$232.93
+1.6%
8.9%US$260.00US$178.00US$261.3717
Jul ’24US$226.03
US$222.17
-1.7%
8.1%US$250.00US$178.00US$268.1117
Jun ’24US$219.97
US$220.34
+0.2%
9.6%US$250.00US$171.00US$252.7817
May ’24US$192.57
US$196.63
+2.1%
8.2%US$220.00US$167.00US$232.8116
Apr ’24US$191.86
US$195.56
+1.9%
7.6%US$220.00US$167.00US$232.7816
Mar ’24US$176.72
US$190.19
+7.6%
12.0%US$220.00US$125.00US$241.6516
Feb ’24US$184.16
US$189.44
+2.9%
11.9%US$220.00US$125.00US$246.6216
Jan ’24US$176.42
US$189.80
+7.6%
9.3%US$220.00US$165.00US$238.8615
Dec ’23US$186.14
US$188.47
+1.2%
8.5%US$210.00US$165.00US$242.7315
Nov ’23US$181.47
US$199.57
+10.0%
8.8%US$220.00US$165.00US$222.2514

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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