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VRSK (Verisk Analytics) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 26.00 (As of May. 27, 2025)


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What is Verisk Analytics Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-27), Verisk Analytics's current share price is $316.16. Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $12.16. Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 26.00.

The historical rank and industry rank for Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

VRSK' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.51   Med: 23.8   Max: 46.45
Current: 25.99

During the past years, Verisk Analytics's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 46.45. The lowest was 14.51. And the median was 23.80.

VRSK's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
98.97% of 680 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.525 vs VRSK: 25.99

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Verisk Analytics's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.879. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $12.16 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Verisk Analytics Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Verisk Analytics Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 28.05 23.43 15.06 19.99 22.87

Verisk Analytics Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 19.49 22.26 22.22 22.87 24.48

Competitive Comparison of Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Consulting Services subindustry, Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Verisk Analytics Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=316.16/12.16
=26.00

* 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.

Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Verisk Analytics's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=0.879/134.9266*134.9266
=0.879

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Verisk Analytics Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 7.387 100.684 9.899
201509 7.768 100.392 10.440
201512 8.098 99.792 10.949
201603 7.682 100.470 10.317
201606 8.593 101.688 11.402
201609 8.765 101.861 11.610
201612 7.982 101.863 10.573
201703 8.352 102.862 10.956
201706 8.910 103.349 11.632
201709 10.167 104.136 13.173
201712 11.678 104.011 15.149
201803 13.230 105.290 16.954
201806 12.588 106.317 15.975
201809 12.992 106.507 16.459
201812 12.628 105.998 16.074
201903 13.263 107.251 16.686
201906 13.490 108.070 16.842
201909 12.610 108.329 15.706
201912 13.856 108.420 17.244
202003 12.803 108.902 15.863
202006 13.390 108.767 16.610
202009 14.877 109.815 18.279
202012 16.572 109.897 20.346
202103 16.965 111.754 20.483
202106 17.005 114.631 20.016
202109 16.816 115.734 19.605
202112 17.423 117.630 19.985
202203 16.735 121.301 18.615
202206 14.861 125.017 16.039
202209 12.682 125.227 13.664
202212 11.308 125.222 12.184
202303 0.473 127.348 0.501
202306 2.028 128.729 2.126
202309 2.652 129.860 2.755
202312 2.163 129.419 2.255
202403 1.976 131.776 2.023
202406 3.020 132.554 3.074
202409 2.119 133.029 2.149
202412 0.713 133.157 0.722
202503 0.879 134.927 0.879

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Verisk Analytics  (NAS:VRSK) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Verisk Analytics Business Description

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-US operations.
Executives
Elizabeth Mann officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310
Bruce Edward Hansen director 17732 VINEYARD LANE, POWAY CA 92064
Lee Shavel officer: EVP and CFO ONE LIBERTY PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10006
Kathy Card Beckles officer: EVP, Gen Counsel and Corp Sec C/O VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 073I0
Samuel G Liss director VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310
David J. Grover officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O VERISK ANALYSIS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310
Wendy E Lane director
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
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
Olumide Soroye director 6920 SEAWAY BLVD., EVERETT WA 98203
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