Key Highlights

• Verisk's $0.50 quarterly Dividend trades ex-date and Record Date September 15, 2026, payable September 30, yielding approximately 0.90%.

• Second-quarter Revenue grew 4.3% to $806.3 million, with free Cash Flow up 57.9% to approximately $298 million.

• GAAP Net Income declined 9.8% to $228.6 million on higher taxes, interest expense and legal costs, while adjusted EBITDA grew 4.2%.

• The company completed its Acquisition of McKenzie Intelligence Services on July 29, adding geospatial catastrophe and conflict-event analytics capabilities.

Verisk Analytics' (NASDAQ:VRSK) $0.50 quarterly dividend trades ex-date and record date September 15, payable September 30. Free cash flow grew 57.9% to approximately $298 million even as GAAP net income declined 9.8% on a higher effective tax rate, increased net interest expense, and legal costs tied to ongoing litigation including telematics-related class actions and data-privacy claims.

Dividend Program and Shareholder Returns

Verisk declared a $0.50 per share quarterly dividend, payable September 30 to shareholders of record and ex-dividend date September 15. The current annualized dividend is $2.00 per share, maintained through the current period. The company also deploys Capital toward acquisitions and share repurchases, including a $200 million accelerated share repurchase executed during the quarter, positioning Buybacks as the larger of its two capital-return channels this period.

About the Company

Verisk is a strategic data, analytics and technology provider serving the global insurance industry, supporting underwriting, pricing, claims, Fraud detection and catastrophe modeling through proprietary datasets and embedded workflows.

Financial Performance Behind the Payout

Verisk generated $806.3 million of revenue in the second quarter, up 4.3% year over year and 5.8% on an organic constant currency basis. GAAP net income was $228.6 million, down 9.8%, while diluted GAAP EPS was $1.75. Adjusted EBITDA was approximately $464 million, up 4.2%, with adjusted diluted EPS of $1.98, up 5.3%. Operating Cash Flow increased to $366 million, up 49.7%, and free cash flow rose to approximately $298 million, up 57.9%. The GAAP net income decline reflected a higher effective tax rate, increased net interest expense, and legal costs tied to ongoing litigation.

McKenzie Intelligence Acquisition

The July 29 acquisition of McKenzie Intelligence Services adds real-time geospatial intelligence for catastrophe and conflict-event analysis, which the company said it plans to combine with its existing catastrophe risk modeling and global loss indexes.

Outlook

Integration progress on McKenzie Intelligence Services is the near-term item to watch. The resolution timeline of ongoing litigation matters remains the larger variable behind the gap between GAAP and free-cash-flow trends.