Buyback yield (TTM)
8.02%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
9.01%
5Y share count change
-15.9%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$2.06B
Cumulative buybacks
$10.99B
Key takeaways
- Verisk Analytics (VRSK) repurchased about $2.06B of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 15.9% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 36.05× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +12.3% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 235% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Verisk Analytics (VRSK)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Verisk Analytics (VRSK)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Verisk Analytics (VRSK)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Verisk Analytics (VRSK)
Latest: $624.00M
Overview
As of the 2025 fiscal year, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) reported buyback spend of $624.00M – plunged 40.6% year-over-year.
Over 2020–2025 (5 years), Verisk Analytics buyback spend expanded at a +12.3% compound annual rate, with mixed annual results across the window.
Verisk Analytics buyback spend plunged from $2.80B in 2023 to $624.00M in 2025, a 77.7% drawdown.
The highest annual buyback spend of $2.80B was reported in 2023. The lowest in the available history was $20.40M in 2015.
Verisk Analytics Buyback Spend 2025: $624.00M
2025's buyback spend for Verisk Analytics came in at $624.00M, plunged 40.6% below 2024.
Verisk Analytics Buyback Spend 2024: $1.05B
Verisk Analytics posted buyback spend of $1.05B in 2024, plunged 62.5% below 2023.
Verisk Analytics Buyback Spend 2023: $2.80B
In 2023, Verisk Analytics reported buyback spend of $2.80B, surged 68.4% from 2022. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Verisk Analytics Buyback Spend 2022: $1.66B
Verisk Analytics buyback spend in 2022 was $1.66B, surged 250.0% from 2021.
Verisk Analytics Buyback Spend 2021: $475.00M
Verisk Analytics buyback spend in 2021 was $475.00M.
See more financial history for Verisk Analytics (VRSK).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $624.00M | $54.20M | $569.80M | 2.01% | 0.14B | -2.6% | |
| 2024 | $1.05B | $47.90M | $1.00B | 2.71% | 0.14B | -3.1% | |
| 2023 | $2.80B | $54.00M | $2.75B | 8.11% | 0.15B | -7.3% | |
| 2022 | $1.66B | $56.50M | $1.61B | 6.04% | 0.16B | -2.7% | |
| 2021 | $475.00M | $55.70M | $419.30M | 1.29% | 0.16B | -1.2% | |
| 2020 | $348.80M | $47.60M | $301.20M | 1.03% | 0.17B | -0.7% | |
| 2019 | $305.50M | $42.70M | $262.80M | 1.25% | 0.17B | -1.0% | |
| 2018 | $438.60M | $38.50M | $400.10M | 2.45% | 0.17B | -0.2% | |
| 2017 | $276.30M | $31.80M | $244.50M | 1.75% | 0.17B | -1.5% | |
| 2016 | $326.80M | $44.50M | $282.30M | 2.41% | 0.17B | +1.6% | |
| 2015 | $20.40M | $44.60M | −$24.20M | 0.16% | 0.17B | -0.4% | |
| 2014 | $778.48M | $35.60M | $742.88M | 7.69% | 0.17B | -1.8% | |
| 2013 | $277.41M | $36.02M | $241.39M | 2.53% | 0.17B | +0.3% | |
| 2012 | $162.28M | $37.81M | $124.47M | 1.89% | 0.17B | -0.9% | |
| 2011 | $381.78M | $35.27M | $346.50M | 5.77% | 0.17B | -7.0% | |
| 2010 | $420.06M | $32.87M | $387.19M | 7.29% | 0.19B | +2.3% | |
| 2009 | $46.74M | $12.74M | $34.00M | 0.86% | 0.18B | -4.2% | |
| 2008 | $392.56M | $9.88M | $382.68M | 8.35% | 0.19B | +14.2% | |
| 2007 | $204.77M | $8.24M | $196.53M | — | 0.17B | — |
- 2025$624.00M
- 2024$1.05B
- 2023$2.80B
- 2022$1.66B
- 2021$475.00M
- 2020$348.80M
- 2019$305.50M
- 2018$438.60M
- 2017$276.30M
- 2016$326.80M
- 2015$20.40M
- 2014$778.48M
- 2013$277.41M
- 2012$162.28M
- 2011$381.78M
- 2010$420.06M
- 2009$46.74M
- 2008$392.56M
- 2007$204.77M
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Verisk Analytics (VRSK)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 36.05×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Verisk Analytics (VRSK)
How Verisk Analytics splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
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Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $873.70M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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