VRSK vs YB vs SPGI Stock Comparison

Verisk Analytics, Yuanbao and S&P Global Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc.
$187.73 +10.9% 1M -19.7% 1Y
Market cap
$24.67B
P/E
27.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.14B
Div. yield
–
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
YB Yuanbao Inc.
$11.09 -9.2% 1M -53.8% 1Y
Market cap
$405.47M
P/E
1.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$721.91M
Div. yield
–
Insurtech Technology
5 wins
SPGI S&P Global Inc.
$448.95 +11.3% 1M -9.6% 1Y
Market cap
$132.52B
P/E
23.6x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
4 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Yuanbao leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Yuanbao 5, S&P Global 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionVRSKYBSPGILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $24.67B $405.47M $132.52B SPGI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 27.9x 1.0x 23.6x YB
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 23.6x 2.6x 23.8x YB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.0% +37.2% — YB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 28.2% 57.3% — YB
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 -19.7% -53.8% -9.6% SPGI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -2.2%/yr — -0.9%/yr SPGI
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 37.5% 51.2% 30.8% SPGI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 56/100 89/100 — YB

Percentile Scorecard

VRSKYBSPGI

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

AxisVRSKYBSPGI
Valuation 32 #641 of 940 86 #15 of 99 9 #856 of 940
Growth 47 #348 of 655 93 #8 of 94 –
Profitability 97 #22 of 633 99 #2 of 90 –
Financial Health 33 #482 of 714 87 #15 of 105 –
Shareholder Returns 72 #202 of 709 82 #12 of 61 10 #641 of 709
Overall 56 89 –
  • VRSK ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • YB ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • SPGI 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

PeriodVRSKYBSPGISPY
1 month +10.9%-9.2%+11.3% -0.2%
3 months -11.6%-16.7%+5.8% +3.9%
6 months +6.3%-30.8%+3.6% +8.2%
Year to date -16.1%-45.3%-14.1% +12.9%
1 year -19.7%-53.8%-9.6% +12.3%
3 years -16.1%—+31.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year -5.7%—+9.4% +23.3%
5 years -10.3%—-4.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year -2.2%—-0.9% +10.9%
10 years +131.1%—+265.4% +261.1%
10 years, per year +8.7%—+13.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureVRSKYBSPGISPY
Volatility, 1Y 37.5%51.2%30.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.1%51.1%35.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.480.370.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.53-1.05-0.31 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.2%-64.1%-40.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -19.7%-53.8%-17.8% -1.2%
52-week high $233.68$24.00$546.35 $779.14
52-week low $156.84$11.08$386.35 $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.

MultipleVRSKYBSPGI
P/E now vs peer median 27.7xmedian 13.0x 1.0xmedian 20.0x 23.6xmedian 13.0x
P/S now vs peer median 7.8xmedian 3.2x 0.7xmedian 2.3x 7.2xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.4xmedian 7.4x —median 17.5x —median 7.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.8xmedian 10.8x —median 15.9x 20.8xmedian 10.8x
P/B now vs peer median -20.5xmedian 1.2x 0.9xmedian 2.0x 6.7xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.11median 0.87 —median 1.03 —median 0.87

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 monthsVRSKYBSPGI
Revenue $3.14B $721.91M –
Gross profit $2.20B – –
Operating income $1.38B – –
Net income $885.50M $277.06M $5.37B
Free cash flow $1.24B – –
R&D – $59.06M –
EPS (diluted) $6.77 $8.68 –
Cash & equivalents $551.40M $168.92M $2.44B
Total debt $11.77B – –
Shares (diluted) 130.85M 47.65M 295.50M
Enterprise value $19.31B -$1.97B $132.52B

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
MetricVRSKYBSPGI
P/E 27.7x 1.0x 23.6x
P/FCF 19.8x – 20.8x
P/Operating cash flow 16.3x – –
P/S 7.8x 0.7x 7.2x
P/B -20.5x 0.9x 6.7x
P/Tangible book -16.3x 0.9x 6.7x
EV/EBITDA 16.4x – –
EV/EBIT 20.6x -0.9x –
EV/Revenue 9.0x -0.3x –
EV/FCF 22.9x – –
EV/Operating cash flow 18.9x – –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.11 – –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricVRSKYBSPGI
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.0% 37.2% –
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) -3.3% 63.3% 17.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 20.7% – 25.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 3.7% 438.0% –
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
MetricVRSKYBSPGI
Gross margin 70.2% – –
EBITDA margin 55.0% – –
Operating margin 43.9% – –
Pretax margin 37.0% 34.1% –
Net margin 28.2% 57.3% –
FCF margin 39.4% – –
Operating cash flow margin 47.9% – –
Return on equity – 50.4% 20.9%
Return on assets 19.5% 33.2% 9.7%
Return on invested capital 31.9% – –
Return on capital employed 40.1% 45.5% –
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.9x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x – –
Stock comp / revenue 1.8% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricVRSKYBSPGI
Debt / assets 99.5% – –
Debt / equity -3.8x – –
Net debt / EBITDA 2.3x – –
Debt / FCF 3.6x – –
Liabilities / assets 126.4% 36.8% 47.6%
Equity / assets -26.4% 63.2% 41.3%
Interest coverage 7.0x – –
Current ratio 1.0x 2.9x –
Quick ratio 0.9x 2.8x –
Cash ratio 0.5x 2.5x –
Altman Z-score 6.82 3.53 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricVRSKYBSPGI
Dividend yield 1.0% 11.4% 0.9%
Net buyback yield 7.7% – –
Shareholder yield 8.7% 11.4% 0.9%
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.

ConsensusVRSKYBSPGI
Forward P/E 23.6xFY2026 2.6xFY2026 23.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.97FY2026 $4.25FY2026 $18.86FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.3%FY2026 +553.8%FY2026 +11.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +5.1% +21.2% +12.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $3.33BFY2026 $881.23MFY2026 $15.46BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.6%FY2026 +41.0%FY2026 +0.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.7% +22.9% +6.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersVRSKYBSPGI
Held by institutions 97.6% 10.3% 87.5%
Institutions holding 953 23 2,002
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.4% +20.8% +1.6%
Institutions buying 487 14 872
Institutions selling 349 5 876
Buyers to sellers 1.40 2.80 1.00

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.

VRSKYBSPGI
VRSK 1.00 0.01 0.61
YB 0.01 1.00 0.04
SPGI 0.61 0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, VRSK, YB and SPGI?

S&P Global (SPGI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Verisk Analytics (VRSK) $24.67B, Yuanbao (YB) $405.47M, S&P Global (SPGI) $132.52B.

Which stock is cheaper, VRSK, YB and SPGI?

Yuanbao (YB) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 27.9x, Yuanbao (YB) 1.0x, S&P Global (SPGI) 23.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Yuanbao (YB) is cheapest (Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 23.6x, Yuanbao (YB) 2.6x, S&P Global (SPGI) 23.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Yuanbao (YB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Verisk Analytics (VRSK) +5.0%, Yuanbao (YB) +37.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Yuanbao (YB) has the highest net margin (Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 28.2%, Yuanbao (YB) 57.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year S&P Global (SPGI) returned the most: Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -19.7%, Yuanbao (YB) -53.8%, S&P Global (SPGI) -9.6%. Over five years, S&P Global (SPGI) compounded fastest (Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -2.2%/yr, S&P Global (SPGI) -0.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, S&P Global (SPGI) has been the steadiest (Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 37.5%, Yuanbao (YB) 51.2%, S&P Global (SPGI) 30.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, VRSK, YB and SPGI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Yuanbao (YB) leads on 5. 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.