XZO vs VRSK vs FORTY Stock Comparison

Exzeo, Verisk Analytics and Formula Systems (1985) Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
XZO Exzeo Group, Inc.
$17.81 +23.8% 1M
Market cap
$1.70B
P/E
19.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$221.80M
Div. yield
–
Insurtech Technology
2 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
4 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Verisk Analytics leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Verisk Analytics 4, Formula Systems (1985) 4, Exzeo 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionXZOVRSKFORTYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.70B $26.09B $1.83B VRSK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.6x 29.5x 2.9x FORTY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.6x 24.7x — XZO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +21.8% +5.0% +24.8% FORTY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 39.1% 28.2% 21.6% XZO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 31.9% 10.1% VRSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.3x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 12.73% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months — -8.5% -14.9% VRSK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -1.9%/yr +1.3%/yr FORTY
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 61.7% 35.8% 55.2% VRSK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 82/100 55/100 86/100 FORTY

Percentile Scorecard

XZOVRSKFORTY

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

AxisXZOVRSKFORTY
Valuation 65 #35 of 99 29 #689 of 965 98 #2 of 52
Growth 77 #22 of 94 44 #462 of 823 89 #6 of 46
Profitability 96 #5 of 90 97 #28 of 846 83 #8 of 42
Financial Health 89 #13 of 105 32 #616 of 899 60 #25 of 61
Shareholder Returns – 72 #207 of 732 100 #1 of 30
Overall 82 55 86
  • XZO ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • VRSK ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • FORTY ranked among 65 companies in Technology Services

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodXZOVRSKFORTYSPY
1 month +23.8%+20.2%+5.0% -2.0%
3 months +9.6%+2.2%+9.6% -2.2%
6 months +3.2%+9.2%-16.1% +4.2%
Year to date -26.6%-11.9%-28.6% +10.6%
1 year —-8.5%-14.9% +10.4%
3 years —-14.6%+89.2% +73.6%
3 years, per year —-5.1%+23.7% +20.2%
5 years —-9.0%+6.9% +61.6%
5 years, per year —-1.9%+1.3% +10.1%
10 years —+139.0%+211.3% +261.3%
10 years, per year —+9.1%+12.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureXZOVRSKFORTYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 61.7%35.8%55.2% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 65.6%36.4%83.6% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.44-0.490.59 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y —-0.24-0.27 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.2%-51.2%-55.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.6%-12.5%-37.4% -3.2%
52-week high $24.25$225.07$190.56 $779.14
52-week low $12.55$156.84$102.01 $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.

MultipleXZOVRSKFORTY
P/E now vs peer median 18.1xmedian 19.2x 29.1xmedian 13.4x 2.9xmedian 17.9x
P/S now vs peer median 7.2xmedian 2.2x 8.2xmedian 3.3x 0.6xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.3xmedian 13.4x 17.1xmedian 5.8x —median 9.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.7xmedian 16.3x 20.7xmedian 10.7x —median 13.2x
P/B now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 1.9x -21.6xmedian 1.2x 1.1xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.89 1.16median 0.91 0.03median 1.16

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 monthsXZOVRSKFORTY
Revenue $221.80M $3.14B $2.93B
Gross profit $138.23M $2.20B $580.29M
Operating income $107.60M $1.38B $249.80M
Net income $86.81M $885.50M $697.91M
Free cash flow $81.53M $1.24B –
R&D $9.00M – $21.15M
EPS (diluted) $0.98 $6.77 $39.97
Cash & equivalents $136.73M $551.40M $863.79M
Total debt – $4.47B $168.15M
Shares (diluted) 88.23M 130.85M 15.79M
Enterprise value $888.40M $20.73B -$1.07B

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
MetricXZOVRSKFORTY
P/E 18.1x 29.1x 2.9x
P/FCF 19.7x 20.7x –
P/Operating cash flow 19.2x 17.1x –
P/S 7.2x 8.2x 0.6x
P/B 5.6x -21.6x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 5.6x -17.1x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 13.3x 17.1x –
EV/EBIT 13.7x 21.5x 4.5x
EV/Revenue 6.6x 9.4x 0.4x
EV/FCF 18.0x 23.9x –
EV/Operating cash flow 17.6x 19.7x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.16 0.03

Growth

14 metrics
MetricXZOVRSKFORTY
Revenue growth (1Y) 21.8% 5.0% 24.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 6.9% 3.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 49.9% 6.2% 22.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 8.3% -3.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 45.0% 4.8% 26.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 6.6% 1.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 53.5% -3.3% 255.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 20.7% 61.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 37.0% 3.7% 700.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 25.0% 112.1%
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
MetricXZOVRSKFORTY
Gross margin 62.3% 70.2% 19.8%
EBITDA margin 49.8% 55.0% –
Operating margin 48.5% 43.9% 8.5%
Pretax margin 52.4% 37.0% 7.1%
Net margin 39.1% 28.2% 21.6%
FCF margin 36.8% 39.4% –
Operating cash flow margin 37.7% 47.9% –
Return on equity 30.8% – 40.1%
Return on assets 22.7% 19.5% 19.5%
Return on invested capital – 31.9% 10.1%
Return on capital employed 37.0% 40.1% 11.2%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 1.7x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 1.8% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricXZOVRSKFORTY
Debt / assets – 99.5% 4.8%
Debt / equity – -3.8x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.3x –
Debt / FCF – 3.6x –
Liabilities / assets 25.3% 126.4% 52.8%
Equity / assets 74.7% -26.4% 47.2%
Interest coverage – 7.0x –
Current ratio 1.8x 1.0x 1.5x
Quick ratio 1.7x 0.9x 1.4x
Cash ratio 1.5x 0.5x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 11.86 6.95 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricXZOVRSKFORTY
Dividend yield – 1.0% 12.7%
Net buyback yield – 7.3% –
Shareholder yield – 8.3% 12.7%
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.

ConsensusXZOVRSKFORTY
Forward P/E 18.6xFY2026 24.7xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.96FY2026 $7.97FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY -3.0%FY2026 +11.3%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +24.0% +5.1% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $232.90MFY2026 $3.33BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +13.2%FY2026 +8.6%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +4.5% +6.7% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersXZOVRSKFORTY
Held by institutions 7.1% 97.6% –
Institutions holding 84 955 –
Change in shares held, QoQ -11.5% -0.4% –
Institutions buying 58 489 –
Institutions selling 22 349 –
Buyers to sellers 2.64 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.

XZOVRSKFORTY
XZO 1.00 0.20 -0.02
VRSK 0.20 1.00 0.06
FORTY -0.02 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, XZO, VRSK and FORTY?

Verisk Analytics (VRSK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Exzeo (XZO) $1.70B, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) $26.09B, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) $1.83B.

Which stock is cheaper, XZO, VRSK and FORTY?

Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Exzeo (XZO) 19.6x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 29.5x, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 2.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Exzeo (XZO) is cheapest (Exzeo (XZO) 18.6x, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 24.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Exzeo (XZO) +21.8%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) +5.0%, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) +24.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Exzeo (XZO) has the highest net margin (Exzeo (XZO) 39.1%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 28.2%, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 21.6%). On return on invested capital, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) leads (Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 31.9%, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 10.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Verisk Analytics (VRSK) returned the most: Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -8.5%, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) -14.9%. Over five years, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) compounded fastest (Verisk Analytics (VRSK) -1.9%/yr, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) +1.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Exzeo (XZO) 0.00%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 0.00%, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 12.73%. Exzeo (XZO) and Verisk Analytics (VRSK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) has been the steadiest (Exzeo (XZO) 61.7%, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 35.8%, Formula Systems (1985) (FORTY) 55.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Verisk Analytics (VRSK) 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.