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Verisk Analytics (VRSK) FY2021 results: revenue $2.5 billion, up 8.5% on the year

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (VRSK) reported revenue of $2.5 billion for fiscal 2021, the year ended 31 December 2021, up 8.5% on the year before. Net income was $666 million, down 6.5%, and diluted earnings per share $4.08. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 22 February 2022.

Revenue
$2.5 billion
+8.5% on the year
FY2016FY2021
Operating margin
37.0%
42.1% a year earlier
FY2016FY2021
Net income
$666 million
-6.5% on the year
FY2016FY2021
Diluted EPS
$4.08
-5.3% on the year
FY2016FY2021

this yearthe year beforeHover a bar for its figure.

The year in brief

The quarters: Q3 FY2021

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2021FY2020FY2019On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue2,4622,2692,607+8.5%
Cost of revenue854792977+7.8%
Gross profit1,6091,4781,630+8.9%
Gross margin65.3%65.1%62.5%
Research and development47.144.660.0+5.6%
Selling, general and administrative313308604+1.6%
Operating income911956697-4.7%
Operating margin37.0%42.1%26.7%
Interest expense127138127-8.1%
Pre-tax income786818568-3.9%
Income tax179165118+9.0%
Effective tax rate22.8%20.1%20.8%
Net income666713450-6.5%
Net margin27.1%31.4%17.3%
Diluted EPS$4.08$4.31$2.70-5.3%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2021FY2020FY2019On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow1,1561,068956+8.2%
Capital expenditure268247217+8.8%
Free cash flow887821740+8.0%
Free cash flow margin36.0%36.2%28.4%
Cash from investing-592-596-928
Cash from financing-499-44510.9
Depreciation and amortisation207192186+7.6%
Share-based compensation55.747.642.7+17.0%
Buybacks475349300+36.2%
Dividends paid188176164+7.1%
Diluted shares, weighted163m165m167m-1.2%
Shares outstanding at period end162m163m163m-0.7%

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2021FY2020FY2019On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity2,8162,6982,261+4.4%
Non-controlling interest26.00.0n/a
Short-term borrowingsn/an/a499
Debt3,3243,2253,153+3.1%
Operating lease liabilities231272208-14.8%
Finance lease liabilitiesn/a10.33.3
Other liabilities1,4111,357931+4.0%
Total liabilities and equity7,8087,5627,055+3.3%
Fixed assets531632548-16.0%
Goodwill2,0481,8213,864+12.4%
Intangible assets4821,3851,399-65.2%
Cash and equivalents112219185-48.9%
Receivables300432442-30.6%
Other assets4,3353,072618+41.1%
Total assets7,8087,5627,055+3.3%

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2021, filed 22 February 2022: the filing.