Madison Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK – Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 398,522 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $71,547,000.
Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VRSK. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter worth about $1,852,678,000. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,076,730 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,359,304,000 after purchasing an additional 88,300 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Verisk Analytics by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,121,219 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $923,576,000 after purchasing an additional 36,194 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 10.2% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,914,224 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $875,574,000 after purchasing an additional 362,050 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital International Investors grew its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 1,200.9% during the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 3,264,323 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $730,196,000 after purchasing an additional 3,013,400 shares during the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics
In related news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total transaction of $408,776.64. Following the sale, the director directly owned 15,868 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,776,741.32. This trade represents a 12.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total value of $71,980.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 18,384 shares in the company, valued at $3,308,200.80. This represents a 2.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 24,562 shares of company stock valued at $4,575,075 in the last three months. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.
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Verisk Analytics Trading Up 4.2%
Shares of VRSK stock opened at $186.45 on Thursday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1 year low of $155.94 and a 1 year high of $276.19. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $187.80 and its 200 day simple moving average is $185.66. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42.
Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.93 by $0.05. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 28.24% and a negative return on equity of 239.55%. The firm had revenue of $806.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $804.02 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.88 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current year.
Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is currently 30.72%.
About Verisk Analytics
Verisk Analytics, Inc (NASDAQ: VRSK) is a data analytics and decision‑support provider that helps organizations assess and manage risk. The company supplies data, predictive models and software to customers in insurance, reinsurance, financial services, government, energy and other commercial markets. Its offerings are designed to support underwriting, pricing, claims management, catastrophe modeling, fraud detection and regulatory compliance, enabling clients to make more informed operational and strategic decisions.
Verisk’s product portfolio combines large proprietary datasets with analytics platforms and industry‑specific applications.
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