{
  "id": 6915918,
  "title": "Verisk Analytics Stock: Is VRSK Underperforming the Industrials Sector?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/verisk-analytics-stock-is-vrsk-underperforming-the-industrials-sector",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-11T10:29:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Finance",
    "slug": "yahoo-finance",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/verisk-analytics-stock-vrsk-underperforming-102938166.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Verisk Analytics, a Jersey City, New Jersey-based data analytics and technology provider to the insurance industry, has underperformed its industrial sector peers. With a market capitalization of $23.2 billion, Verisk Analytics operates in the large-cap segment, offering underwriting solutions such as policy language, prospective loss costs, and policy writing. While trading at a 34.2% discount to its 52-week high of $267.26, the stock has declined 4% over the past three months, trailing the State Street Industrial Sector SPDR ETF's (XLI) 0.8% rise during the same period. Over the past 52 weeks, Verisk Analytics has lagged, experiencing a 33.1% decline, compared to XLI's 12.7% increase. Analysts and investors caution about VRSK's underwhelming fundamentals, with annual revenue growth of only 1.7% over the past five years, significantly below the sector average and its peers. Similarly, earnings growth has underperformed the sector average, with EPS growth at just 8% annually. When compared to its rival, Equifax Inc. (EFX), which has fallen 31.6% over the past year, Verisk Analytics' performance remains unimpressive. Currently, Wall Street holds a moderately optimistic view of Verisk Analytics, with 20 analysts giving the stock a \"Moderate Buy\" consensus. The mean price target of $234.72 implies a 33.5% upside potential from its current level. No positions were held by Aritra Gangopadhyay, the author, in any of the mentioned securities as of the article's publication date.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}