Verisk Analytics, Inc.

NasdaqGS:VRSK Stock Report

Market Cap: US$38.9b

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 ($275.58) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($248.35)

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 Ratio41.8x
EarningsUS$930.30m
Market CapUS$38.91b

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 Average45.1x
EFX Equifax
55.9x24.6%US$31.8b
LDOS Leidos Holdings
15.9x5.4%US$19.5b
J Jacobs Solutions
27.6x11.8%US$16.4b
TRU TransUnion
80.8x33.2%US$18.1b
VRSK Verisk Analytics
41.8x7.9%US$38.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: VRSK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.8x) compared to the peer average (45.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

9 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CNDT Conduent
1.6x-104.3%US$674.73m
ALJJ ALJ Regional Holdings
0.7xn/aUS$70.26m
VCIG VCI Global
1.8xn/aUS$16.34m
LICN Lichen China
0.8xn/aUS$6.89m
VRSK 41.8xIndustry Avg. 24.0xNo. of Companies10PE01224364860+
9 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: VRSK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.8x) compared to the US Professional Services industry average (24.1x).

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 Ratio41.8x
Fair PE Ratio30.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: VRSK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.9x).

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$275.58
US$287.07
+4.2%
9.1%US$325.00US$230.00n/a15
Dec ’25US$294.21
US$285.93
-2.8%
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$205.00US$294.2119
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

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/19 02:06
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Verisk Analytics, Inc. is covered by 31 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullArgus Research Company
Jeffrey MeulerBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research