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Verisk Analytics, Inc. · VRSK · FY2026 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2026
Verisk Reaffirms Guidance as Subscription and AI Adoption Grow
Verisk's Q2 results support a measured case for durable growth: subscription revenue and AI product adoption strengthened, while management maintained full-year guidance. The counterweight is that soft property markets and lower catastrophe activity can pressure near-term organic and transactional revenue.
Reported Before market openNASDAQTechnology
$22.38B market cap
100quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$1.98
Consensus $1.93
EPS surprise
+2.6%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$806.3M
Consensus $804.0M
Revenue surprise
+0.3%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
prior-close to event-session close
Stock move
+0.4%
Event window
SPY move
-1.5%
Same window
Abnormal move
+2.0%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
1.9×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
-11.9%
Up to 20 sessions
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Why did VRSK rise 0.4% after beating EPS estimates in FY2026 Q2?What changed in VRSK's guidance and outlook in FY2026 Q2?Give me the bull and bear case for VRSK after FY2026 Q2 earnings.
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What changed
Compared with the prior quarter, organic growth increased from 4.7% to 5.8% and subscription growth from 7% to 8%. Verisk introduced MCP connectors with Anthropic's Claude, reported rapid XactAI licensee growth, and announced the McKenzie Intelligence Services acquisition.
Guidance delta
Management maintained full-year revenue, adjusted EBITDA, and EPS guidance despite soft property markets and lower catastrophe losses.
Key takeaways
- Organic constant-currency revenue grew 5.8% year over year, while subscription revenue increased 8%.
- Management highlighted adoption of Synergy Studio, XactAI, and MCP connectors with Anthropic's Claude.
- XactAI's user base grew roughly 10x to nearly 7,000 licensees within a few months.
- The McKenzie Intelligence Services acquisition adds real-time geospatial and event intelligence capabilities.
- The recurring subscription base supports resilience, but transactional revenue remains exposed to catastrophe activity.
Management priorities
- Expand Verisk Synergy Studio and add more models to the platform.
- Develop additional AI connectors with Anthropic and other frontier model companies.
- Advance agentic underwriting and life-solution capabilities.
- Integrate AI more deeply into underwriting and claims workflows.
- Use McKenzie Intelligence Services to add real-time event intelligence.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$172.16Current
$185Low
$249.72Average
$334High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 23, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 30, 2026 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Jul 23, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 19, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 30, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Mar 30, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Strong Buy | Outperform | Upgrade | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Rothschild & Co | Sell | Neutral | Downgrade | Oct 16, 2025 |
| Baird | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 8, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Feb 27, 2025 |
| Deutsche Bank | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Aug 1, 2024 |
| Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 17, 2023 |
| Redburn Partners | Neutral | Sell | Upgrade | Mar 20, 2023 |
| Credit Suisse | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Mar 6, 2023 |
| Bank of America | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 31, 2019 |
| Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Aug 2, 2018 |
| Keefe Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Aug 2, 2018 |
| SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Aug 3, 2017 |
| Macquarie | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | May 5, 2017 |
| Susquehanna | Neutral | Positive | Downgrade | Feb 15, 2017 |
| Evercore Partners | Equal Weight | Overweight | Downgrade | Feb 27, 2013 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $172.16. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $225 | $185.79 | +30.7% | Sep 8, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $228 | $201.43 | +32.4% | Jul 30, 2026 |
| UBS | Alex Kramm | $235 | $200.71 | +36.5% | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Jeffrey Meuler | $247 | $200.18 | +43.5% | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $223 | $201.34 | +29.5% | Jul 30, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $248 | $213.15 | +44.1% | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $235 | $192.28 | +36.5% | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Redburn Partners | Russell Quelch | $185 | $175.35 | +7.5% | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $235 | $184.74 | +36.5% | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Capital One Financial | Analyst unavailable | $224 | $209.32 | +30.1% | Mar 5, 2026 |
| Raymond James | Gregory Peters | $260 | $211.54 | +51.0% | Mar 2, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Verisk Analytics to | $230 | $184.33 | +33.6% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Verisk Analytics to | $230 | $185.02 | +33.6% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Verisk Analytics to | $230 | $184.96 | +33.6% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $224 | $185.11 | +30.1% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Verisk Analytics to | $224 | $184.07 | +30.1% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Jason Haas | $223 | $184.07 | +29.5% | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Verisk Analytics to | $237 | $169.47 | +37.7% | Feb 11, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Verisk Analytics to Outperform | $233 | $192.49 | +35.3% | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $270 | $218.42 | +56.8% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Verisk Analytics to | $250 | $208 | +45.2% | Oct 30, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $239 | $208 | +38.8% | Oct 30, 2025 |
| Seaport Global | John Mazzoni | $280 | $251.51 | +62.6% | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $334 | $249.69 | +94.0% | Sep 17, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Analyst unavailable | $315 | $268 | +83.0% | Aug 4, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | David Motemaden | $279 | $267.62 | +62.1% | Oct 21, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Ashish Sabadra | $300 | $270.6 | +74.3% | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | Jeffrey Meuler | $285 | $265.27 | +65.5% | Sep 24, 2024 |
| Barclays | Manav Patnaik | $310 | $269.37 | +80.1% | Sep 13, 2024 |
| Autonomous Research | Kelsey Zhu | $326 | $278.12 | +89.4% | Jul 24, 2024 |
| UBS | Alex Kramm | $285 | $273.67 | +65.5% | Jul 9, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Ashish Sabadra | $268 | $268.8 | +55.7% | Jun 18, 2024 |
| Argus Research | John Staszak | $280 | $241.86 | +62.6% | May 7, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | Jeffrey Meuler | $268 | $232.81 | +55.7% | May 2, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | Jeffrey Silber | $241 | $232.81 | +40.0% | May 2, 2024 |
| Deutsche Bank | Faiza Alwy | $262 | $232.81 | +52.2% | May 2, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $181 | $179.31 | +5.1% | Jan 4, 2023 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $220 | $182.52 | +27.8% | Dec 2, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Ashish Sabadra | $210 | $170.93 | +22.0% | Jun 29, 2022 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $215 | $214.97 | +24.9% | Apr 19, 2022 |
| Jefferies | Hamzah Mazari | $230 | $208 | +33.6% | Mar 26, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Toni Kaplan | $201 | $178.91 | +16.8% | Feb 24, 2022 |
| Truist Financial | Andrew Jeffrey | $250 | $213.65 | +45.2% | Nov 3, 2021 |
| Barclays | Raimo Lenschow | $240 | $200.5 | +39.4% | Sep 17, 2021 |
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Start freeCompany context
Snapshot as of publicationVerisk Analytics, Inc. is a global leader in providing advanced data analytics. It offers predictive insights and decision-making tools to a diverse clientele across numerous sectors. These include risk assessment (such as rating, underwriting, and claims), catastrophe and weather risk management, global risk analytics, natural resource intelligence, economic forecasting, commercial banking, finance, and many other specialized areas. The company's operations are organized into three primary divisions: Insurance, Energy and Specialized Markets, and Financial Services. Within the Insurance segment, Verisk assists property and casualty insurers by focusing on anticipating potential losses, accurately selecting and pricing risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance. This division develops sophisticated machine learning and artificial intelligence models to predict various scenarios and generate both standard and tailored analytics.…
Historical context
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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-07-30T17:11:36.535955+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-09-03T01:23:14.877038+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-09-23T14:10:56.265075+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-09-23T14:10:56.262861+00:00
Methodology
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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.
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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-09-23. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.