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Verisk Analytics (Verisk Analytics) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 3.09% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Verisk Analytics's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $37,036 Mil. Verisk Analytics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,143 Mil. Verisk Analytics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.09%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Verisk Analytics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

VRSK' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.19   Med: 3.99   Max: 5.9
Current: 3.31

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Verisk Analytics was 5.90%. The lowest was 2.19%. And the median was 3.99%.

VRSK's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
62.32% of 1112 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 5.62 vs VRSK: 3.31

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Verisk Analytics's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 12.51%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Verisk Analytics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Verisk Analytics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Verisk Analytics Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.52 2.58 2.26 4.50 3.09

Verisk Analytics Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.50 3.51 3.17 3.12 3.09

Competitive Comparison

For the Consulting Services subindustry, Verisk Analytics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Verisk Analytics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Verisk Analytics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Verisk Analytics's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Verisk Analytics Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Verisk Analyticss Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=1142.7/37035.68774
=3.09 %

Verisk Analytics's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,143 Mil.



Verisk Analytics  (NAS:VRSK) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Verisk Analytics (Verisk Analytics) Business Description

Industry
Address
545 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ, USA, 07310-1686
Verisk Analytics is the leading provider of statistical, actuarial, and underwriting data for the United States' property and casualty insurance industry. Verisk leverages a vast contributory database and proprietary data assets to develop analytical tools helping insurance providers to better assess and price risk, achieve operational efficiency and optimize claim settlement processes. While Verisk also offers tools to quantify costs after loss events occur and to detect fraudulent activity, it is expanding into adjacent markets of life insurance, marketing, and non-U.S. operations.
Executives
Nicholas Daffan officer: Chief Information Officer C/O VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310
Therese M Vaughan director VALIDUS HOLDINGS, THE CHARTIS BUILDING / 29 RICHMOND ROAD, PEMBROKE D0 HM 08
Samuel G Liss director VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310
Bruce Edward Hansen director 17732 VINEYARD LANE, POWAY CA 92064
Wendy E Lane director
David J. Grover officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O VERISK ANALYSIS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310
Christopher M Foskett director C/O VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310-1686
David B Wright director C/O EMC CORPORATION, 176 SOUTH STREET, HOPKINTON MA 01748
Kathy Card Beckles officer: EVP, Gen Counsel and Corp Sec C/O VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 073I0
Elizabeth Mann officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310
Olumide Soroye director 6920 SEAWAY BLVD., EVERETT WA 98203
Lee Shavel officer: EVP and CFO ONE LIBERTY PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10006
Jeffrey J Dailey director 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310
Kimberly S Stevenson director 199 FREMONT STREET, 7TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Scott G Stephenson officer: EVP & COO C/O VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310-1686