DEFT vs GLD vs VRSK Stock Comparison

Defi Technologies, Spdr Gold Trust and Verisk Analytics Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DEFT Defi Technologies, Inc.
$0.37 -30.2% 1M -80.4% 1Y
Market cap
$135.28M
P/E
4.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$60.57M
Div. yield
–
Asset Management Financial Services
2 wins
GLD Spdr Gold Trust
$359.30 -5.5% 1M -2.6% 1Y
Market cap
$134.59B
P/E
5.8x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Asset Management Financial Services
4 wins
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc.
$197.00 +20.2% 1M -8.5% 1Y
Market cap
$26.09B
P/E
29.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.14B
Div. yield
–
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
1 win

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Spdr Gold Trust leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Spdr Gold Trust 4, Defi Technologies 2, Verisk Analytics 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionDEFTGLDVRSKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $135.28M $134.59B $26.09B GLD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 4.0x 5.8x 29.5x DEFT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 24.7x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — — +5.0% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 55.3% — 28.2% DEFT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 31.9% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 2.3x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -80.4% -2.6% -8.5% GLD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -34.8%/yr +16.5%/yr -1.9%/yr GLD
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 104.4% 28.9% 35.8% GLD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 — 55/100 VRSK

Percentile Scorecard

DEFTGLDVRSK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisDEFTGLDVRSK
Valuation 63 #74 of 200 94 #14 of 200 29 #689 of 965
Growth – – 44 #462 of 823
Profitability 44 #80 of 143 – 97 #28 of 846
Financial Health 49 #86 of 166 – 32 #616 of 899
Shareholder Returns 3 #78 of 80 – 72 #207 of 732
Overall 40 – 55
  • DEFT ranked among 210 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • GLD ranked among 210 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • VRSK ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodDEFTGLDVRSKSPY
1 month -30.2%-5.5%+20.2% -2.0%
3 months -21.3%-4.0%+2.2% -2.2%
6 months -52.7%-14.1%+9.2% +4.2%
Year to date -51.0%-9.3%-11.9% +10.6%
1 year -80.4%-2.6%-8.5% +10.4%
3 years +216.0%+94.4%-14.6% +73.6%
3 years, per year +46.8%+24.8%-5.1% +20.2%
5 years -88.2%+114.3%-9.0% +61.6%
5 years, per year -34.8%+16.5%-1.9% +10.1%
10 years +340.5%+189.1%+139.0% +261.3%
10 years, per year +16.0%+11.2%+9.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureDEFTGLDVRSKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 104.4%28.9%35.8% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 104.7%32.5%36.4% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 4.110.89-0.49 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.77-0.09-0.24 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.4%-28.3%-51.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -80.4%-27.5%-12.5% -3.2%
52-week high $1.89$495.90$225.07 $779.14
52-week low $0.35$355.33$156.84 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleDEFTGLDVRSK
P/E now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 33.9x 5.6xmedian 33.9x 29.1xmedian 13.4x
P/S now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 4.7x —median 4.7x 8.2xmedian 3.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 12.0x —median 12.0x 17.1xmedian 5.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1.8xmedian 14.4x —median 14.4x 20.7xmedian 10.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 1.8x 1.0xmedian 1.8x -21.6xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.88 —median 0.88 1.16median 0.91

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsDEFTGLDVRSK
Revenue $60.57M – $3.14B
Gross profit – – $2.20B
Operating income $19.23M – $1.38B
Net income $23.57M $23.17B $885.50M
Free cash flow -$81.53M – $1.24B
EPS (diluted) $0.09 – $6.77
Cash & equivalents $60.31M – $551.40M
Total debt – – $4.47B
Shares (diluted) 377.53M – 130.85M
Enterprise value -$242.46M -$423.41B $20.73B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricDEFTGLDVRSK
P/E 3.8x 5.6x 29.1x
P/FCF -1.8x – 20.7x
P/Operating cash flow -1.8x – 17.1x
P/S 2.4x – 8.2x
P/B 1.0x 1.0x -21.6x
P/Tangible book 0.8x 1.0x -17.1x
EV/EBITDA 3.2x – 17.1x
EV/EBIT 3.3x – 21.5x
EV/Revenue 1.0x – 9.4x
EV/FCF -0.8x – 23.9x
EV/Operating cash flow -0.8x – 19.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – 1.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDEFTGLDVRSK
Revenue growth (1Y) – – 5.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – 6.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 6.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 8.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – – 4.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 6.6%
Net income growth (1Y) – -13.8% -3.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 125.7% 20.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -2.0% – 3.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – 25.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – 21.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 11.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 21.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 14.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDEFTGLDVRSK
Gross margin – – 70.2%
EBITDA margin 33.1% – 55.0%
Operating margin 31.8% – 43.9%
Pretax margin 8.4% – 37.0%
Net margin 55.3% – 28.2%
FCF margin -134.6% – 39.4%
Operating cash flow margin -134.6% – 47.9%
Return on equity 15.8% 16.3% –
Return on assets 3.9% 16.2% 19.5%
Return on invested capital – – 31.9%
Return on capital employed 11.1% – 40.1%
Asset turnover 0.1x – 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.5x – 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 12.6% – 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDEFTGLDVRSK
Debt / assets – – 99.5%
Debt / equity – – -3.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 2.3x
Debt / FCF – – 3.6x
Liabilities / assets 75.1% 0.0% 126.4%
Equity / assets 24.9% 100.0% -26.4%
Interest coverage 4.0x – 7.0x
Current ratio 1.1x – 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.2x – 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.2x – 0.5x
Altman Z-score 0.28 – 6.95

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDEFTGLDVRSK
Dividend yield – – 1.0%
Net buyback yield -71.8% – 7.3%
Shareholder yield -71.8% – 8.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusDEFTGLDVRSK
Forward P/E – – 24.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.04FY2026 – $7.97FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -123.5%FY2026 – +11.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +5.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $38.25MFY2026 – $3.33BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -61.8%FY2026 – +8.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.0% – +6.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDEFTGLDVRSK
Held by institutions – 36.6% 97.6%
Institutions holding – 3,009 955
Change in shares held, QoQ – -1.7% -0.4%
Institutions buying – 1,156 489
Institutions selling – 1,155 349
Buyers to sellers – 1.00 1.40

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

DEFTGLDVRSK
DEFT 1.00 0.22 -0.06
GLD 0.22 1.00 -0.20
VRSK -0.06 -0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DEFT, GLD and VRSK?

Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Defi Technologies (DEFT) $135.28M, Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) $134.59B, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) $26.09B.

Which stock is cheaper, DEFT, GLD and VRSK?

Defi Technologies (DEFT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Defi Technologies (DEFT) 4.0x, Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) 5.8x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 29.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is more profitable?

Defi Technologies (DEFT) has the highest net margin (Defi Technologies (DEFT) 55.3%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 28.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) returned the most: Defi Technologies (DEFT) -80.4%, Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) -2.6%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -8.5%. Over five years, Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) compounded fastest (Defi Technologies (DEFT) -34.8%/yr, Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) +16.5%/yr, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -1.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) has been the steadiest (Defi Technologies (DEFT) 104.4%, Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) 28.9%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 35.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, DEFT, GLD and VRSK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Spdr Gold Trust (GLD) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.