DEFT vs VRSK vs BLK Stock Comparison

Defi Technologies, Verisk Analytics and BlackRock Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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DEFT Defi Technologies, Inc.
$0.34 -34.6% 1M -80.6% 1Y
Market cap
$131.18M
P/E
3.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$60.57M
Div. yield
–
Asset Management Financial Services
2 wins
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc.
$211.47 +28.0% 1M -1.2% 1Y
Market cap
$27.52B
P/E
31.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.14B
Div. yield
0.92%
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
1 win
BLK BlackRock, Inc.
$1,170.09 +8.4% 1M +9.0% 1Y
Market cap
$180.90B
P/E
26.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$28.54B
Div. yield
1.91%
Asset Management Financial Services
9 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

BlackRock leads on 9 of the 12 questions below (BlackRock 9, 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.

QuestionDEFTVRSKBLKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $131.18M $27.52B $180.90B BLK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 3.5x 31.2x 26.0x DEFT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 26.5x 18.9x BLK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +5.0% +24.7% BLK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 55.3% 28.2% 24.4% DEFT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 31.9% 9.6% VRSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.3x -0.3x BLK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.92% 1.91% BLK
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -80.6% -1.2% +9.0% BLK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -35.3%/yr -0.3%/yr +4.1%/yr BLK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 105.7% 36.2% 28.4% BLK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 54/100 67/100 BLK

Percentile Scorecard

DEFTVRSKBLK

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

AxisDEFTVRSKBLK
Valuation 68 #64 of 200 28 #697 of 965 72 #56 of 200
Growth – 45 #452 of 825 76 #29 of 117
Profitability 45 #80 of 144 97 #31 of 848 71 #43 of 144
Financial Health 50 #83 of 166 32 #613 of 899 72 #48 of 166
Shareholder Returns 3 #79 of 81 68 #235 of 730 43 #47 of 81
Overall 41 54 67
  • DEFT ranked among 210 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • VRSK ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • BLK ranked among 210 companies in Asset and Wealth Management

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodDEFTVRSKBLKSPY
1 month -34.6%+28.0%+8.4% -5.9%
3 months -20.9%+11.4%+3.5% -4.6%
6 months -54.4%+21.1%+9.6% +0.2%
Year to date -54.9%-5.5%+9.3% +7.5%
1 year -80.6%-1.2%+9.0% +8.2%
3 years +184.3%-8.4%+79.1% +68.3%
3 years, per year +41.7%-2.9%+21.5% +19.0%
5 years -88.7%-1.5%+22.5% +56.5%
5 years, per year -35.3%-0.3%+4.1% +9.4%
10 years +304.8%+158.6%+238.4% +251.5%
10 years, per year +15.0%+10.0%+13.0% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureDEFTVRSKBLKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 105.7%36.2%28.4% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 107.0%36.3%28.3% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 4.05-0.571.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.76-0.030.32 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -98.4%-51.2%-45.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -80.7%-6.0%-4.4% -5.9%
52-week high $1.76$225.07$1,224.52 $779.14
52-week low $0.34$156.84$922.90 $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.

MultipleDEFTVRSKBLK
P/E now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 33.2x 31.2xmedian 13.3x 26.0xmedian 33.2x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 4.4x 8.8xmedian 3.2x 6.3xmedian 4.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 13.0x 18.2xmedian 6.0x 16.5xmedian 13.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1.6xmedian 14.5x 22.3xmedian 10.4x 37.8xmedian 14.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 1.8x -23.1xmedian 1.2x 2.8xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.77 1.25median 0.89 —median 0.77

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 monthsDEFTVRSKBLK
Revenue $60.57M $3.14B $28.54B
Gross profit – $2.20B –
Operating income $19.23M $1.38B $9.26B
Net income $23.57M $885.50M $7.52B
Free cash flow -$81.53M $1.24B $4.78B
EPS (diluted) $0.09 $6.77 $42.36
Cash & equivalents $60.31M $551.40M $12.88B
Total debt – $4.47B $12.74B
Shares (diluted) 377.53M 130.85M 164.50M
Enterprise value -$246.55M $22.16B $137.43B

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
MetricDEFTVRSKBLK
P/E 3.5x 31.2x 26.0x
P/FCF -1.6x 22.3x 37.8x
P/Operating cash flow -1.6x 18.3x 34.6x
P/S 2.2x 8.8x 6.3x
P/B 0.9x -23.1x 2.8x
P/Tangible book 0.7x -18.3x 4.9x
EV/EBITDA 2.6x 18.2x 16.5x
EV/EBIT 2.7x 22.9x 19.2x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 10.0x 6.2x
EV/FCF -0.6x 25.4x 37.1x
EV/Operating cash flow -0.6x 20.9x 33.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.25 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricDEFTVRSKBLK
Revenue growth (1Y) – 5.0% 24.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 6.9% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 6.2% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 8.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 4.8% 24.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 6.6% –
Net income growth (1Y) – -3.3% 18.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 20.7% –
EPS growth (1Y) -2.0% 3.7% 13.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 25.0% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 21.1% 22.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 11.4% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 21.2% 21.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricDEFTVRSKBLK
Gross margin – 70.2% –
EBITDA margin 33.1% 55.0% 37.8%
Operating margin 31.8% 43.9% 32.5%
Pretax margin 8.4% 37.0% 34.4%
Net margin 55.3% 28.2% 24.4%
FCF margin -134.6% 39.4% 16.8%
Operating cash flow margin -134.6% 47.9% 18.3%
Return on equity 15.8% – 12.4%
Return on assets 3.9% 19.5% 4.3%
Return on invested capital – 31.9% 9.6%
Return on capital employed 11.1% 40.1% –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.7x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -3.5x 1.7x 0.7x
Stock comp / revenue 12.6% 1.8% 4.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricDEFTVRSKBLK
Debt / assets – 99.5% 7.2%
Debt / equity – -3.8x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.3x -0.3x
Debt / FCF – 3.6x 2.7x
Liabilities / assets 75.1% 126.4% 64.1%
Equity / assets 24.9% -26.4% 35.9%
Interest coverage 4.0x 7.0x 17.1x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.0x –
Quick ratio 0.2x 0.9x –
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.5x –
Altman Z-score 0.26 7.15 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricDEFTVRSKBLK
Dividend yield – 0.9% 1.9%
Net buyback yield -78.1% 6.8% -0.1%
Shareholder yield -78.1% 7.7% 1.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 49.0%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 77.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 12.1%
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.

ConsensusDEFTVRSKBLK
Forward P/E – 26.5xFY2026 18.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.04FY2026 $7.97FY2026 $61.77FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -123.5%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026 +28.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +5.1% -1.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $40.46MFY2026 $3.33BFY2026 $28.46BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -59.6%FY2026 +8.6%FY2026 +17.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +19.6% +6.7% +17.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersDEFTVRSKBLK
Held by institutions – 97.6% 77.6%
Institutions holding – 955 2,315
Change in shares held, QoQ – -0.4% +2.5%
Institutions buying – 488 1,089
Institutions selling – 350 888
Buyers to sellers – 1.39 1.23

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.

DEFTVRSKBLK
DEFT 1.00 -0.08 0.34
VRSK -0.08 1.00 0.02
BLK 0.34 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, DEFT, VRSK and BLK?

BlackRock (BLK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Defi Technologies (DEFT) $131.18M, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) $27.52B, BlackRock (BLK) $180.90B.

Which stock is cheaper, DEFT, VRSK and BLK?

Defi Technologies (DEFT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Defi Technologies (DEFT) 3.5x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 31.2x, BlackRock (BLK) 26.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, BlackRock (BLK) is cheapest (Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 26.5x, BlackRock (BLK) 18.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

BlackRock (BLK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Verisk Analytics (VRSK) +5.0%, BlackRock (BLK) +24.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Defi Technologies (DEFT) has the highest net margin (Defi Technologies (DEFT) 55.3%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 28.2%, BlackRock (BLK) 24.4%). On return on invested capital, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) leads (Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 31.9%, BlackRock (BLK) 9.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year BlackRock (BLK) returned the most: Defi Technologies (DEFT) -80.6%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -1.2%, BlackRock (BLK) +9.0%. Over five years, BlackRock (BLK) compounded fastest (Defi Technologies (DEFT) -35.3%/yr, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -0.3%/yr, BlackRock (BLK) +4.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

BlackRock (BLK) has the highest dividend yield: Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 0.92%, BlackRock (BLK) 1.91%. Defi Technologies (DEFT) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, BlackRock (BLK) has been the steadiest (Defi Technologies (DEFT) 105.7%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 36.2%, BlackRock (BLK) 28.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, BlackRock (BLK) leads on 9. 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.