Equifax vs Verisk Analytics
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The short version
- Equifax is the larger business, with $6.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.1B for Verisk Analytics, about 2.0 times as much.
- Verisk Analytics kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (43.7% operating margin, against 18.0%).
- Verisk Analytics turned more of its sales into free cash flow (38.8% FCF margin, against 18.7%).
- Verisk Analytics earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (35.5%, against 8.5%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Verisk Analytics’s earnings: a P/E of 29.8x against 29.5x for Equifax.
| Latest fiscal year | EFX · FY25 | VRSK · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $21.5B | $26.5B |
| Revenue | $6.1B | $3.1B |
| Free cash flow | $1.1B | $1.2B |
| Net income | $660M | $908M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 5-year growth | 8.0% | 6.3% |
| Share count change | −0.6% | −1.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | 69.9% |
| Operating margin | 18.0% | 43.7% |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 29.6% |
| FCF margin | 18.7% | 38.8% |
| Return on capital | 8.5% | 35.5% |
| Return on equity | 14.1% | — |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $4.9B | $2.6B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.7x | 1.6x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.2B | $875M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 29.5x | 29.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 |
Revenue
FY16
EFX $3.1B
VRSK $2.0B
FY17
EFX $3.4B
VRSK $2.1B
FY18
EFX $3.4B
VRSK $2.4B
FY19
EFX $3.5B
VRSK $2.6B
FY20
EFX $4.1B
VRSK $2.3B
FY21
EFX $4.9B
VRSK $2.5B
FY22
EFX $5.1B
VRSK $2.5B
FY23
EFX $5.3B
VRSK $2.7B
FY24
EFX $5.7B
VRSK $2.9B
FY25
EFX $6.1B
VRSK $3.1B
EFX
VRSK
Operating margin
FY16
EFX 26.2%
VRSK 38.5%
FY17
EFX 24.7%
VRSK 37.4%
FY18
EFX 13.1%
VRSK 34.8%
FY19
EFX −9.6%
VRSK 26.7%
FY20
EFX 16.4%
VRSK 42.1%
FY21
EFX 23.1%
VRSK 37.0%
FY22
EFX 20.6%
VRSK 56.3%
FY23
EFX 17.7%
VRSK 42.2%
FY24
EFX 18.3%
VRSK 43.5%
FY25
EFX 18.0%
VRSK 43.7%
EFX
VRSK
Free cash flow
FY16
EFX $650M
VRSK $421M
FY17
EFX $598M
VRSK $560M
FY18
EFX $350M
VRSK $703M
FY19
EFX −$85.8M
VRSK $740M
FY20
EFX $525M
VRSK $821M
FY21
EFX $866M
VRSK $887M
FY22
EFX $133M
VRSK $784M
FY23
EFX $516M
VRSK $831M
FY24
EFX $813M
VRSK $920M
FY25
EFX $1.1B
VRSK $1.2B
EFX
VRSK
Return on capital
FY16
EFX 12.9%
VRSK 13.2%
FY17
EFX 12.2%
VRSK 15.3%
FY18
EFX 6.8%
VRSK 14.6%
FY19
EFX −4.7%
VRSK 11.1%
FY20
EFX 9.0%
VRSK 13.9%
FY21
EFX 12.3%
VRSK 11.9%
FY22
EFX 8.7%
VRSK 20.2%
FY23
EFX 7.3%
VRSK 20.3%
FY24
EFX 7.9%
VRSK 33.0%
FY25
EFX 8.5%
VRSK 35.5%
EFX
VRSK
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.