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VRSK (Verisk Analytics) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 55.34 (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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What is Verisk Analytics Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-12-14), Verisk Analytics's current share price is $283.35. Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $5.12. Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 55.34.

The historical rank and industry rank for Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

VRSK' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 36.46   Med: 50.76   Max: 63.9
Current: 55.71

During the past years, Verisk Analytics's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 63.90. The lowest was 36.46. And the median was 50.76.

VRSK's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
84.03% of 357 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 18.29 vs VRSK: 55.71

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 Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Verisk Analytics's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $1.689. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $5.12 for the trailing ten years ended in Sep. 2024.

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Verisk Analytics Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Price-to-FCF Chart

Verisk Analytics Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 51.28 63.66 59.80 41.27 50.75

Verisk Analytics Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 50.80 50.75 48.51 54.08 52.33

Competitive Comparison of Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Consulting Services subindustry, Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Verisk Analytics Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF 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 Price-to-FCF.

Verisk Analytics's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=283.35/5.12
=55.34

* 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 FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Verisk Analytics's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Sep. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Sep. 2024)
=1.689/133.0289*133.0289
=1.689

Current CPI (Sep. 2024) = 133.0289.

Verisk Analytics Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 0.401 99.070 0.538
201503 1.525 99.621 2.036
201506 0.293 100.684 0.387
201509 0.690 100.392 0.914
201512 0.483 99.792 0.644
201603 1.593 100.470 2.109
201606 0.291 101.688 0.381
201609 0.366 101.861 0.478
201612 0.207 101.863 0.270
201703 1.686 102.862 2.180
201706 0.419 103.349 0.539
201709 0.720 104.136 0.920
201712 0.485 104.011 0.620
201803 1.679 105.290 2.121
201806 0.897 106.317 1.122
201809 1.019 106.507 1.273
201812 0.579 105.998 0.727
201903 1.927 107.251 2.390
201906 0.920 108.070 1.132
201909 0.917 108.329 1.126
201912 0.676 108.420 0.829
202003 1.869 108.902 2.283
202006 1.168 108.767 1.429
202009 0.859 109.815 1.041
202012 1.072 109.897 1.298
202103 2.369 111.754 2.820
202106 1.047 114.631 1.215
202109 1.375 115.734 1.580
202112 0.633 117.630 0.716
202203 2.101 121.301 2.304
202206 0.383 125.017 0.408
202209 1.357 125.227 1.442
202212 1.079 125.222 1.146
202303 1.991 127.348 2.080
202306 0.926 128.729 0.957
202309 1.343 129.860 1.376
202312 1.349 129.419 1.387
202403 2.202 131.776 2.223
202406 1.074 132.554 1.078
202409 1.689 133.029 1.689

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF 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 Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow 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 Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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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
Lee Shavel officer: EVP and CFO ONE LIBERTY PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10006
Elizabeth Mann officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 07310
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
Kathy Card Beckles officer: EVP, Gen Counsel and Corp Sec C/O VERISK ANALYTICS, INC., 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ 073I0
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
Bruce Edward Hansen director 17732 VINEYARD LANE, POWAY CA 92064
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