Huron Consulting Group Inc. (HURN) vs Verisk Analytics, Inc. (VRSK)

Huron Consulting Group Inc. and Verisk Analytics, Inc. are both Consulting Services companies. Verisk Analytics, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $24.4B against $2.8B — 8.7× the size. Huron Consulting Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 25.6× against 29.3×. Huron Consulting Group Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.6% against 5.01%. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has the higher net margin (28.2% vs 6.38%) and the higher return on invested capital (31.5% vs 9.85%). Across the 21 metrics below, Huron Consulting Group Inc. leads on 11 and Verisk Analytics, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric HURN VRSK Consulting Services median
P/E 25.64 29.28 18.40
P/S 1.57 7.96 1.26
P/B 7.37 n/m 2.55
Price to free cash flow 19.99 20.19 11.90
EV/EBITDA 16.06 16.74 11.26
EV/Sales 2.01 9.21 1.53
Earnings yield 3.90% 3.42% 4.08%
Free cash flow yield 5.00% 4.95% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric HURN VRSK Consulting Services median
Gross margin 32.00% 70.18% 45.06%
Operating margin 10.33% 43.86% 9.60%
Net margin 6.38% 28.24% 6.29%
Free cash flow margin 7.83% 39.43% 0.00%
Return on equity 26.88% (202.08%) 0.00%
Return on assets 7.39% 19.06% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 9.85% 31.45% 0.00%

Growth

Metric HURN VRSK Consulting Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.60% 5.01% (0.96%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (6.86%) (3.43%) (6.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.30% 6.25% 7.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 4.97% 4.89%

Health

Metric HURN VRSK Consulting Services median
Debt to equity 2.16 (3.76) 0.00
Current ratio 1.71 1.01 1.72
Net debt to EBITDA 2.29 1.51 0.23

Dividend

Metric HURN VRSK Consulting Services median
Dividend yield — 1.02% 1.32%
Payout ratio — 0.30 0.30

Size

Metric HURN VRSK Consulting Services median
Market cap 2.79b 24.38b 152.13m

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