Verisk Analytics, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Verisk Analytics, Inc. had an operating margin of 43.7%, debt equal to 1544.8% of equity and a current ratio of 1.20. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

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

Verisk Analytics, Inc.: financial ratios, 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
Gross margin	64.2%	63.5%	63.0%	62.5%	65.1%	65.3%	67.0%	67.3%	68.7%	69.9%	70.2%
Operating margin	38.5%	37.3%	34.8%	26.7%	42.1%	37.0%	56.3%	42.2%	43.5%	43.7%	43.9%
Net margin	29.6%	25.9%	25.0%	17.3%	31.4%	27.1%	38.2%	22.9%	33.3%	29.6%	28.2%
Free-cash-flow margin	21.1%	26.1%	29.4%	28.4%	36.2%	36.0%	31.4%	31.0%	31.9%	38.8%	39.4%
Return on equity	44.4%	34.1%	30.0%	20.8%	28.7%	24.2%	41.8%	59.7%	—	—	—
Return on assets	12.8%	10.4%	10.0%	6.9%	9.8%	8.7%	12.9%	10.9%	22.2%	17.4%	16.6%
Asset turnover	0.43	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.31	0.32	0.34	0.47	0.67	0.59	0.59
Current ratio	0.81	0.45	0.49	0.50	0.56	0.49	0.40	1.05	0.74	1.20	1.01
Debt to equity	179.2%	156.3%	132.4%	161.5%	119.5%	118.0%	214.0%	930.4%	>999%	>999%	—
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)	6.4x	6.7x	6.4x	5.5x	6.9x	7.2x	10.1x	9.8x	10.1x	7.9x	7.0x
Effective tax rate	30.9%	19.7%	16.8%	20.8%	20.1%	22.8%	17.5%	25.2%	22.6%	22.5%	23.6%
R&D as % of revenue	1.4%	1.7%	1.9%	2.3%	2.0%	1.9%	1.7%	1.4%	1.2%	1.3%	—
SG&A as % of revenue	15.1%	15.0%	15.8%	23.1%	13.6%	12.7%	15.3%	14.6%	14.2%	14.9%	15.3%
Capital spending as % of revenue	7.8%	8.6%	9.6%	8.3%	10.9%	10.9%	11.0%	8.6%	7.8%	7.9%	8.5%
Free cash flow ÷ net income	71.2%	100.9%	117.5%	164.4%	115.3%	133.2%	82.2%	135.2%	96.0%	131.2%	139.6%
Dividends ÷ net income	—	0.0%	0.0%	36.3%	24.7%	28.2%	20.5%	32.0%	23.1%	27.6%	28.9%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	77.6%	49.3%	62.4%	62.7%	63.9%	74.7%	236.9%	356.2%	133.3%	73.4%	174.0%

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Verisk Analytics, Inc.: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2024 Q3Sept 2024	2024 Q4Dec 2024	2025 Q1Mar 2025	2025 Q2Jun 2025	2025 Q3Sept 2025	2025 Q4Dec 2025	2026 Q1Mar 2026	2026 Q2Jun 2026
Gross margin	69.2%	68.7%	69.3%	70.3%	70.1%	69.7%	69.8%	71.1%
Operating margin	42.9%	43.0%	43.8%	45.9%	45.0%	40.3%	45.0%	45.1%
Net margin	30.3%	28.6%	30.8%	32.8%	29.4%	25.3%	29.9%	28.4%
Free-cash-flow margin	33.2%	27.2%	51.9%	24.4%	43.7%	35.5%	41.7%	36.9%
Current ratio	0.82	0.74	1.27	1.53	1.19	1.20	1.02	1.01
Debt to equity	>999%	>999%	>999%	>999%	>999%	>999%	—	—
SG&A as % of revenue	15.7%	13.6%	14.5%	13.8%	14.4%	17.0%	14.0%	15.9%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 5 checks passed · June 30, 2026

What it owns · $4.5bn

Short-term assets $1.1bnLonger-term assets $3.4bn

What it owes, and who funded it · $5.7bn

Short-term liabilities $1.1bnLonger-term liabilities $4.6bnShareholders' equity $-1.2bn

Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.1bn of assets due within a year against $1.1bn of liabilities due within a year.
Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.1bn short-term assets against $4.6bn of longer-dated liabilities.
More cash than debt $551m of cash against $4.5bn of debt.
Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.5bn of operating cash flow against $4.5bn of debt.
Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.4bn against $195m of interest.

From Verisk Analytics, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

84 /100

Strong moat

How hard Verisk Analytics's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 9 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 20 / 20

Cash operating profit has been a median 18.4% of total assets over 9 years.
Pricing power 19 / 20

Gross margin has been a median 66.6%, moving by 2.6 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.
Durability 20 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 41.7%; its worst year was 29.2%.
Cash conversion 20 / 20

Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 9 years, at a median 32.0% of revenue.
Discipline 20 / 20

The diluted share count fell 17.1% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: High. In this industry, the core product is information work that AI systems increasingly perform. The score above includes a 15-point deduction for that exposure (99 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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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.