Verisk Analytics, Inc. dividend history

Verisk Analytics, Inc. paid $251m in dividends in fiscal 2025. That was 27.6% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q2 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $1.9B
Dividends (TTM): $256M
Returned to shareholders: 174%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $4.4B
Diluted share count: −3.6%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 8.2%; dividends 1.0% + buybacks 7.2% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 29%; of net income paid out
Sales & admin spending: 15.3%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 47 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Verisk Analytics, Inc.: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025	LTMJun 2026
Dividends paid	—	0	0	164	176	188	195	197	221	251	256
Share buybacks	327	276	439	300	349	475	1,663	2,762	1,005	624	1,896
Dividends ÷ net income	—	0.0%	0.0%	36.3%	24.7%	28.2%	20.5%	32.0%	23.1%	27.6%	28.9%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	—	0.0%	0.0%	22.1%	21.4%	21.2%	24.9%	23.7%	24.1%	21.1%	20.7%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Verisk Analytics, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Verisk Analytics, Inc.