Verisk Analytics, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F
VRSK · Industrials
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 49 days, change -4 days YoY
AR growth -2.0% vs revenue growth 6.6%
Revenue 6.6%, CFFO 25.5%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth 9.0% vs revenue 6.6%. Normal
SG&A/Gross Profit = 21.3%, excellent (<30%)
Gross margin 69.9%, change +1.1pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.58. Profits backed by cash
FCF $1.2B, FCF/NI = 1.31
Accruals ratio = -8.5%. Low accruals
Cash $2.2B covers only 44% of debt $4.9B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $2.2B = 720% of equity. Over 50%
Debt/EBITDA = 2.9x. Healthy
Insufficient data
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions positive
Goodwill+Intangibles change 5% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
M-Score = -3.04 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator
Beneish M-Score
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-08