NDAQ vs VRSK vs XZO Stock Comparison

Nasdaq, Verisk Analytics and Exzeo Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc.
$106.83 +15.8% 1M +24.9% 1Y
Market cap
$59.66B
P/E
28.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.15B
Div. yield
1.09%
Exchanges Financial Services
6 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
2 wins
XZO Exzeo Group, Inc.
$17.15 +13.8% 1M -18.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.54B
P/E
17.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$221.82M
Div. yield
–
Insurtech Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Nasdaq leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Nasdaq 6, Exzeo 4, Verisk Analytics 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNDAQVRSKXZOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $59.66B $27.52B $1.54B NDAQ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 28.7x 31.2x 17.0x XZO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 26.5x 26.5x 17.9x XZO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.5% +5.0% +6.5% NDAQ
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 22.8% 28.2% 39.7% XZO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.5% 31.9% — VRSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 2.3x — VRSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.09% 0.92% — NDAQ
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +24.9% -1.2% -18.4% NDAQ
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.5%/yr -0.3%/yr — NDAQ
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.6% 36.2% 63.3% NDAQ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 54/100 69/100 XZO

Percentile Scorecard

NDAQVRSKXZO

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

AxisNDAQVRSKXZO
Valuation 42 #60 of 103 28 #697 of 965 71 #29 of 99
Growth 42 #41 of 70 45 #452 of 825 57 #41 of 94
Profitability 78 #17 of 74 97 #31 of 848 96 #5 of 90
Financial Health 49 #52 of 100 32 #613 of 899 86 #16 of 105
Shareholder Returns 54 #19 of 40 68 #235 of 730 36 #40 of 62
Overall 53 54 69
  • NDAQ ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets
  • VRSK ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • XZO ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodNDAQVRSKXZOSPY
1 month +15.8%+28.0%+13.8% -5.9%
3 months +12.8%+11.4%+5.0% -4.6%
6 months +20.0%+21.1%+23.0% +0.2%
Year to date +10.0%-5.5%-29.3% +7.5%
1 year +24.9%-1.2%-18.4% +8.2%
3 years +110.6%-8.4%— +68.3%
3 years, per year +28.2%-2.9%— +19.0%
5 years +50.6%-1.5%— +56.5%
5 years, per year +8.5%-0.3%— +9.4%
10 years +395.5%+158.6%— +251.5%
10 years, per year +17.4%+10.0%— +13.4%

Risk

MeasureNDAQVRSKXZOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.6%36.2%63.3% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.3%36.3%67.7% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.57-0.571.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.87-0.03-0.29 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.1%-51.2%-48.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -2.6%-6.0%-29.3% -5.9%
52-week high $109.70$225.07$24.25 $779.14
52-week low $76.85$156.84$12.55 $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.

MultipleNDAQVRSKXZO
P/E now vs peer median 28.7xmedian 28.4x 31.2xmedian 13.3x 17.0xmedian 22.5x
P/S now vs peer median 6.5xmedian 2.9x 8.8xmedian 3.2x 6.9xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 20.0xmedian 13.2x 18.2xmedian 6.0x 13.0xmedian 23.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.4xmedian 15.1x 22.3xmedian 10.4x 18.6xmedian 17.3x
P/B now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 2.3x -23.1xmedian 1.2x 5.2xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 1.57median 0.47 1.25median 0.89 —median 0.64

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 monthsNDAQVRSKXZO
Revenue $9.15B $3.14B $221.82M
Gross profit $5.78B $2.20B $138.70M
Operating income $2.73B $1.38B $106.50M
Net income $2.08B $885.50M $88.00M
Free cash flow $2.26B $1.24B $82.62M
R&D – – $8.89M
EPS (diluted) $3.70 $6.77 $1.01
Cash & equivalents $365.00M $551.40M $116.40M
Total debt $8.74B $4.47B –
Shares (diluted) 563.31M 130.85M 87.48M
Enterprise value $57.10B $22.16B $748.74M

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
MetricNDAQVRSKXZO
P/E 28.7x 31.2x 17.0x
P/FCF 26.4x 22.3x 18.6x
P/Operating cash flow 23.4x 18.3x 18.3x
P/S 6.5x 8.8x 6.9x
P/B 5.0x -23.1x 5.2x
P/Tangible book 10.1x -18.3x 5.2x
EV/EBITDA 20.0x 18.2x 13.0x
EV/EBIT 24.9x 22.9x 13.4x
EV/Revenue 7.4x 10.0x 6.4x
EV/FCF 30.1x 25.4x 17.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 26.7x 20.9x 17.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.57 1.25 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNDAQVRSKXZO
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.5% 5.0% 6.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 15.1% 6.9% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.7% 6.2% 20.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.2% 8.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 23.1% 4.8% 12.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 20.1% 6.6% –
Net income growth (1Y) 28.2% -3.3% 21.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 23.6% 20.7% –
EPS growth (1Y) 31.8% 3.7% 9.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 18.3% 25.0% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.0% 21.1% -23.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.8% 11.4% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 7.6% 21.2% -21.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 11.6% 14.6% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNDAQVRSKXZO
Gross margin 63.2% 70.2% 62.5%
EBITDA margin 37.0% 55.0% 49.3%
Operating margin 29.8% 43.9% 48.0%
Pretax margin 28.5% 37.0% 53.1%
Net margin 22.8% 28.2% 39.7%
FCF margin 24.7% 39.4% 37.2%
Operating cash flow margin 27.8% 47.9% 37.8%
Return on equity 17.4% – 30.0%
Return on assets 7.6% 19.5% 22.5%
Return on invested capital 10.5% 31.9% –
Return on capital employed 12.0% 40.1% 35.8%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.7x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.7x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 1.9% 1.8% 1.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNDAQVRSKXZO
Debt / assets 31.9% 99.5% –
Debt / equity 0.7x -3.8x –
Net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 2.3x –
Debt / FCF 3.9x 3.6x –
Liabilities / assets 56.2% 126.4% 25.0%
Equity / assets 43.8% -26.4% 75.0%
Interest coverage 7.9x 7.0x –
Current ratio 1.0x 1.0x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.9x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.5x 1.2x
Altman Z-score 3.54 7.15 11.20

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNDAQVRSKXZO
Dividend yield 1.1% 0.9% –
Net buyback yield 2.5% 6.8% 0.6%
Shareholder yield 3.5% 7.7% 0.6%
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.

ConsensusNDAQVRSKXZO
Forward P/E 26.5xFY2026 26.5xFY2026 17.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.03FY2026 $7.97FY2026 $0.96FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +15.8%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026 -3.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +11.2% +5.1% +24.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.10BFY2026 $3.33BFY2026 $232.90MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +16.1%FY2026 +8.6%FY2026 +13.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.7% +6.7% +4.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNDAQVRSKXZO
Held by institutions 83.8% 97.6% 7.1%
Institutions holding 1,084 955 84
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0% -0.4% -11.5%
Institutions buying 538 488 58
Institutions selling 398 350 22
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.39 2.64

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.

NDAQVRSKXZO
NDAQ 1.00 0.43 0.35
VRSK 0.43 1.00 0.16
XZO 0.35 0.16 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NDAQ, VRSK and XZO?

Nasdaq (NDAQ) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nasdaq (NDAQ) $59.66B, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) $27.52B, Exzeo (XZO) $1.54B.

Which stock is cheaper, NDAQ, VRSK and XZO?

Exzeo (XZO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Nasdaq (NDAQ) 28.7x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 31.2x, Exzeo (XZO) 17.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Exzeo (XZO) is cheapest (Nasdaq (NDAQ) 26.5x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 26.5x, Exzeo (XZO) 17.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nasdaq (NDAQ) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Nasdaq (NDAQ) +11.5%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) +5.0%, Exzeo (XZO) +6.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Exzeo (XZO) has the highest net margin (Nasdaq (NDAQ) 22.8%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 28.2%, Exzeo (XZO) 39.7%). On return on invested capital, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) leads (Nasdaq (NDAQ) 10.5%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 31.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Nasdaq (NDAQ) returned the most: Nasdaq (NDAQ) +24.9%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -1.2%, Exzeo (XZO) -18.4%. Over five years, Nasdaq (NDAQ) compounded fastest (Nasdaq (NDAQ) +8.5%/yr, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -0.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Nasdaq (NDAQ) has the highest dividend yield: Nasdaq (NDAQ) 1.09%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 0.92%. Exzeo (XZO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nasdaq (NDAQ) has been the steadiest (Nasdaq (NDAQ) 28.6%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 36.2%, Exzeo (XZO) 63.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NDAQ, VRSK and XZO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Nasdaq (NDAQ) leads on 6. 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.