8-K filed Feb 18, 2026
Verisk Analytics authorizes $2.5B for stock buybacks
“Our Board approved an increase to the share repurchase authorization to $2.5 billion in total.”
From Verisk Analytics’s 8-K filed Feb 18, 2026 · read the filing · all documents
How big is it?
Verisk Analytics bought back $1.8B of stock in the twelve months to Mar 31, 2026. At that pace, $2.5B covers about 1.4 years of buybacks.
The amount equals 222% of its free cash flow over the same twelve months ($1.1B).
Its diluted share count is down 4.1% from a year earlier.
An authorization is permission, not a promise: the company can buy less, more slowly, or not at all, and usually doesn't have to say when it buys.
Show as table
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Q2 '23 | $0 |
| Q3 '23 | $49.8M |
| Q4 '23 | $712.5M |
| Q1 '24 | $170M |
| Q2 '24 | $127.5M |
| Q3 '24 | $340M |
| Q4 '24 | $315M |
| Q1 '25 | $170.1M |
| Q2 '25 | $100M |
| Q3 '25 | $100.1M |
| Q4 '25 | $223.8M |
| Q1 '26 | $1.4B |