VRSK Stock — Verisk Analytics Inc.

Verisk Analytics Inc. (VRSK)

VRSK is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.14%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.13%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 68/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 566.2% over the past 17 years, 321.0 points behind SPY at 887.2%.

At the current 1.14% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $114 per year, or about $28.50 per quarter if the next payment matches the last regular one.

Verisk Analytics provides data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance industry globally, offering underwriting, claims, catastrophe modeling, and specialty business solutions across property, casualty, and life insurance segments. The company distributes dividends quarterly at a modest current rate. This stock appeals to income investors seeking exposure to the insurance technology and data services sector.

VRSK performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-09-22.

Total return is 566.2% over the past 17 years, 321.0 points behind SPY at 887.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -28.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 37.4%.

VRSK key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

68 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.78%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/07/2009

Distribution rate

1.14%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.13%

5-year average yield

0.63

Last close

$171.94 (as of 2026-09-22)

Market cap

$22,379,024,703

Average volume

975433.0

Next dividend

$0.50

Last ex-dividend date

09/15/2026

Next payment date

09/30/2026

Beta

0.662

Payout ratio

0.2657

P/E ratio

26.41

Forward P/E

20.5339

EPS

$6.51

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.14%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (1.13%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

VRSK risks and drawbacks

VRSK's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 37.4%.

Who may consider VRSK — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (VRSK pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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