Verisk Analytics Inc Stock Research

Market Summary

USD180.87+0.90

Market Closed

0.50%

VRSK Alerts

Big fall in earnings (Y/Y)

VRSK Stock Price

VRSK RSI Chart

VRSK Valuation

Market Cap

28.0B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

29.33

Price/Sales (Trailing)

11.21

EV/EBITDA

19.3

Price/Free Cashflow

35.68

VRSK Price/Sales (Trailing)

VRSK Profitability

Operating Margin

66.98%

EBT Margin

50.56%

Return on Equity

54.53%

Return on Assets

13.7%

Free Cashflow Yield

2.8%

VRSK Fundamentals

VRSK Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

2.5B

Revenue Q/Q

-69.15%

VRSK Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

953.9M

Earnings Y/Y

-56.94%

Earnings Q/Q

-67.74%

Price Action

52 Week Range

156.05222.11

(Low)(High)

Last 7 days

-2.6%

Last 30 days

0.5%

Last 90 days

1.9%

Trailing 12 Months

-5.7%

VRSK Financial Health

Current Ratio

0.4

Debt/Equity

1.34

Debt/Cashflow

0.45

VRSK Investor Care

Buy Backs (1Y)

4.30%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

Peers (Alternatives to Verisk Analytics)

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Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
VRSK	28.0B	2.5B	0.50%	-5.73%	29.33	11.21	1.40%	43.19%
CSGP	27.6B	2.2B	-12.62%	16.44%	74.58	12.62	12.26%	26.28%
EFX	24.6B	5.1B	-6.84%	-13.14%	35.31	4.8	4.03%	-6.45%
NLSN	10.1B	3.5B	0.43%	43.61%	18.72	2.84	-17.23%	-31.38%
MID-CAP
RHI	8.1B	7.2B	-10.73%	-32.21%	12.29	1.12	12.02%	9.90%
TNET	4.7B	4.9B	-1.57%	-12.39%	13.26	0.96	7.60%	5.03%
KFRC	4.6B	1.7B	0.84%	-14.27%	60.57	2.67	8.28%	0.34%
MAN	4.1B	19.8B	-11.67%	-16.81%	11.07	0.21	-4.33%	-2.25%
ASGN	4.1B	4.6B	-12.05%	-26.87%	15.37	0.9	14.26%	-34.59%
CBZ	2.4B	1.4B	-2.88%	17.40%	22.85	1.71	27.79%	48.62%
SMALL-CAP
UPWK	1.4B	618.3M	-19.60%	-42.87%	-15.29	2.22	22.98%	-59.82%
TBI	565.6M	2.3B	-8.45%	-38.94%	9.08	0.25	3.71%	1.04%
RDVT	265.5M	53.3M	-20.04%	-27.35%	430.93	4.98	21.12%	-5.95%
KERN	3.4M	25.1M	-6.20%	-95.89%	-0.05	0.14	56.58%	-172.37%

Financials for Verisk Analytics

* denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Income Statement (Last 12 Months)					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4
Revenue	0%	2,497	2,497	2,511	2,512	2,463
S&GA Expenses	7.8%	382	354	343	329	313
R&D Expenses	-	49.00	-	-	-	-
Costs and Expenses	-9.4%	1,091	1,204	1,205	1,208	1,551
EBITDA	6.6%	1,565	1,469	1,604	1,601	-
EBITDA Margin	6.6%	0.63*	0.59*	0.53*	0.53*	-
Earnings Before Taxes	7.6%	1,262	1,173	1,187	1,181	787
EBT Margin	7.6%	0.51*	0.47*	0.42*	0.42*	-
Interest Expenses	8.6%	139	128	123	123	127
Net Income	-7.8%	954	1,035	1,047	1,003	666
Net Income Margin	-7.8%	0.38*	0.41*	0.34*	0.33*	-
Free Cahsflow	9.2%	784	718	728	837	-

* denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4
Assets	-0.2%	6,961	6,975	7,509	8,159	7,808
Current Assets	0.7%	925	918	1,187	1,119	907
Cash Equivalents	-59.4%	113	277	481	406	112
Net PPE	-16.9%	542	652	647	636	531
Goodwill	-54.2%	1,676	3,656	3,820	3,958	2,048
Liabilities	4.5%	5,193	4,969	5,139	5,483	4,966
Current Liabilities	17.1%	2,319	1,980	2,113	2,405	1,848
Long Term Debt	0.0%	2,343	2,344	2,343	2,343	2,343
Shareholder's Equity	-12.1%	1,749	1,989	2,370	2,676	2,817
Retained Earnings	0.2%	5,999	5,986	5,846	5,697	5,240
Additional Paid-In Capital	-0.5%	2,721	2,734	2,707	2,633	2,609
Accumulated Depreciation	-	973	-	-	-	-
Shares Outstanding	-1.4%	155	157	158	159	162
Minority Interest	8.2%	18.00	17.00	18.00	17.00	26.00

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4
Cashflow From Operations	6.0%	1,059	999	1,004	1,107	1,156
Share Based Compensation	-3.4%	57.00	59.00	58.00	51.00	56.00
Cashflow From Investing	475.2%	301	52.00	33.00	-492	-592
Cashflow From Financing	-27.6%	-1,330	-1,042	-812	-593	-498
Dividend Payments	0.4%	195	194	193	191	188
Buy Backs	30.8%	1,663	1,271	1,121	946	475

Risks for VRSK

What is the probability of a big loss on VRSK?

57.3%

Probability that Verisk Analytics stock will be more than 20% underwater in next one year

Probability that Verisk Analytics stock will be more than 30% underwater in next one year.

Probability that Verisk Analytics stock will be more than 40% underwater in next one year.

*Calculated based on probability distribution of losses observed in actual data in the last 5 years.

How does VRSK drawdown profile look like?

Y-axis is the maximum loss one would have experienced if Verisk Analytics was unfortunately bought at previous high price.

Drawdowns

Returns for VRSK

Cumulative Returns on VRSK

11.8%

10-Year Cumulative Returns

13.2%

7-Year Cumulative Returns

11.9%

5-Year Cumulative Returns

7.7%

3-Year Cumulative Returns

What are the long-term rolling returns for VRSK?

FIve years rolling returns for Verisk Analytics.

Annualized Returns

Which funds bought or sold VRSK recently?

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
2023-03-10	VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC	added	22.7	30,242,900	142,497,000	0.16%
2023-03-08	Capital Asset Advisory Services LLC	reduced	-43.18	-421,888	635,112	0.05%
2023-03-06	Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.	reduced	-2.22	71,000	6,231,000	0.03%
2023-03-02	OLIVER LAGORE VANVALIN INVESTMENT GROUP	sold off	-100	-1,000	-	-%
2023-03-02	LORING WOLCOTT & COOLIDGE FIDUCIARY ADVISORS LLP/MA	new	-	62,805	62,805	-%
2023-03-01	Meixler Investment Management, Ltd.	reduced	-17.17	-51,087	302,913	0.30%
2023-02-28	Voya Investment Management LLC	reduced	-34.49	-8,789,360	18,485,600	0.03%
2023-02-24	National Pension Service	added	2.83	1,509,160	34,851,200	0.07%
2023-02-24	NATIXIS	reduced	-53.29	-1,195,080	1,116,920	0.01%
2023-02-24	SRS Capital Advisors, Inc.	reduced	-32.62	-60,508	138,492	0.02%

Latest Funds Activity

Are funds buying VRSK calls or puts?

Calls

Puts

Are funds bullish or bearish(Calls - Puts)?

Net Call Options

No. of funds that own VRSK

No. of Funds

VRSK Alerts

Big fall in earnings (Y/Y)

Verisk Analytics News

Schedule 13G FIlings of Verisk Analytics

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 09, 2023	vanguard group inc	11.08%	17,321,853	SC 13G/A
Feb 03, 2023	blackrock inc.	8.1%	12,707,776	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2022	vanguard group inc	10.56%	17,023,996	SC 13G/A
Feb 03, 2022	blackrock inc.	7.2%	11,684,093	SC 13G/A
Feb 10, 2021	vanguard group inc	10.53%	17,122,587	SC 13G/A
Feb 01, 2021	blackrock inc.	8.1%	13,144,586	SC 13G/A
Feb 12, 2020	vanguard group inc	10.89%	17,854,105	SC 13G/A
Feb 06, 2020	blackrock inc.	7.7%	12,573,604	SC 13G/A

VRSK Fair Value

Verisk Analytics fair value in different scenarios

The table shows the Fair Value estimates for Verisk Analytics for various scenarios. Disclaimer: These are just estimations from a model. None of the models are good at predicting the future. Please dont buy or sell stocks based on these outputs.

Fair Value	Very Pessimistic	Pessimistic	Base Case	Optimistic	Very Optimistic
Very Low Inflation	40.94 -77.36%	49.34 -72.72%	91.89 -49.20%	121.68 -32.73%	142.64 -21.14%
Current Inflation	38.05 -78.96%	45.31 -74.95%	81.60 -54.88%	106.55 -41.09%	123.96 -31.46%
Very High Inflation	34.44 -80.96%	40.35 -77.69%	69.45 -61.60%	88.98 -50.80%	102.46 -43.35%

Historical Verisk Analytics Fair Value Estimates

Very Pessimistic Case

Pessimistic Case

Fair Value

Optimistic Case

Very Optimistic Case

Closing Stock Price

Recent SEC filings of Verisk Analytics

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Mar 15, 2023	4	Insider Trading
Mar 15, 2023	4	Insider Trading
Mar 07, 2023	8-K	Current Report
Mar 07, 2023	8-K	Current Report
Mar 03, 2023	424B5	Prospectus Filed
Mar 02, 2023	FWP	Prospectus Filed
Mar 02, 2023	424B5	Prospectus Filed
Feb 28, 2023	10-K	Annual Report
Feb 28, 2023	8-K	Current Report
Feb 09, 2023	SC 13G/A	Major Ownership Report

Latest Insider Trading transactions for VRSK

Filter Transactions

Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
2023-03-15	Foskett Christopher M	sold	-1,211,940	180	-6,733	-
2023-03-13	WRIGHT DAVID B	sold	-895,801	182	-4,912	-
2023-03-13	WRIGHT DAVID B	acquired	298,208	60.71	4,912	-
2023-01-18	Beckles Kathy Card	sold	-19,468	181	-107	evp, gen counsel and corp sec
2023-01-15	Shavel Lee	acquired	-	-	8,045	chief executive officer
2023-01-15	Holzer Sunita	sold (taxes)	-20,418	183	-111	chief human relations officer
2023-01-15	Beckles Kathy Card	acquired	-	-	1,631	evp, gen counsel and corp sec
2023-01-15	Mann Elizabeth	acquired	-	-	2,175	chief financial officer
2023-01-15	Grover David J.	sold (taxes)	-26,856	183	-146	chief accounting officer
2023-01-15	Daffan Nicholas	sold (taxes)	-106,323	183	-578	chief information officer

About Verisk Analytics

VRSK Income Statement

2022-12-31

Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Revenues	$ 2,497.0	$ 2,462.5	$ 2,269.4
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)	824.6	853.7	791.7
Selling, general and administrative	381.5	313.2	308.2
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets	164.2	170.3	159.2
Amortization of intangible assets	74.4	79.9	73.4
Other operating (income) loss	(354.2)	134.0	(19.4)
Total operating expenses	1,090.5	1,551.1	1,313.1
Operating income	1,406.5	911.4	956.3
Other income (expense):
Investment (loss) income and others, net	(5.3)	2.1	0.4
Interest expense	(138.8)	(127.0)	(138.3)
Total other expense, net	(144.1)	(124.9)	(137.9)
Total income before income taxes	1,262.4	786.5	818.4
Provision for income taxes	(220.3)	(179.4)	(164.6)
Income from continuing operations	1,042.1	607.1	653.8
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit (expense) of $131.5, $(29.7) and $(20.1), respectively (Note 11)	(87.8)	59.2	58.9
Net Income	954.3	666.3	712.7
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(0.4)	(0.1)	0.0
Net income attributable to Verisk	$ 953.9	$ 666.2	$ 712.7
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 6.60	$ 3.75	$ 4.02
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.56)	0.37	0.36
Basic net income per share attributable to Verisk: (in dollars per share)	6.04	4.12	4.38
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	6.55	3.72	3.95
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.55)	0.36	0.36
Diluted net income per share attributable to Verisk: (in dollars per share)	$ 6.00	$ 4.08	$ 4.31
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	157,905,718	161,841,441	162,610,586
Diluted (in shares)	158,928,942	163,338,909	165,320,709

VRSK Balance Sheet

2022-12-31

Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 112.5	$ 111.9
Accounts receivable, net	290.1	299.9
Prepaid expenses	83.7	87.8
Income taxes receivable	44.2	41.4
Other current assets	32.0	31.4
Current assets held-for-sale	362.6	335.0
Total current assets	925.1	907.4
Noncurrent assets:
Fixed assets, net	541.5	531.4
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net	182.0	224.0
Intangible assets, net	504.8	482.3
Goodwill	1,676.0	2,047.6
Deferred income tax assets	31.7	1.8
Other noncurrent assets	371.4	409.4
Noncurrent assets held for sale	2,728.6	3,204.2
Total assets	6,961.1	7,808.1
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	292.8	262.1
Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	1,392.9	971.3
Deferred revenues	321.7	347.8
Operating lease liabilities	29.5	31.7
Income taxes payable	0.0	3.0
Current liabilities held-for-sale	282.3	232.1
Total current liabilities	2,319.2	1,848.0
Noncurrent liabilities:
Long-term debt	2,343.2	2,342.8
Deferred income tax liabilities	145.6	290.3
Operating lease liabilities	189.9	231.3
Other noncurrent liabilities	17.9	43.3
Noncurrent liabilities held-for-sale	177.6	209.9
Total liabilities	5,193.4	4,965.6
Commitments and contingencies (Note 21)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $.001 par value; 2,000,000,000 shares authorized; 544,003,038 shares issued; 154,701,136 and 161,651,639 shares outstanding, respectively	0.1	0.1
Additional paid-in capital	2,720.8	2,608.7
Treasury stock, at cost, 389,301,902 and 382,351,399 shares, respectively	(6,239.5)	(4,638.1)
Retained earnings	5,999.1	5,240.4
Accumulated other comprehensive losses	(731.2)	(394.6)
Total Verisk stockholders' equity	1,749.3	2,816.5
Noncontrolling interests	18.4	26.0
Total stockholders’ equity	1,767.7	2,842.5
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 6,961.1	$ 7,808.1