Commerce Bank purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK – Free Report) in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor purchased 8,614 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,546,000.
Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. XXEC Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the second quarter worth about $992,675,000. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at approximately $1,852,678,000. Capital International Investors raised its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 1,200.9% in the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 3,264,323 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $730,196,000 after buying an additional 3,013,400 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter worth approximately $346,457,000. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $138,842,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Evercore set a $223.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Weiss Ratings lowered Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $236.27.
Insider Activity
In other news, CEO Lee Shavel sold 3,535 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.94, for a total value of $696,182.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 98,490 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,396,620.60. This trade represents a 3.46% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,020 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $195.49, for a total value of $394,889.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,516 shares in the company, valued at $2,251,262.84. This represents a 14.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 22,227 shares of company stock worth $4,174,599. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Verisk Analytics Stock Down 0.6%
Verisk Analytics stock opened at $188.49 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $24.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.95, a PEG ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 0.67. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52-week low of $155.94 and a 52-week high of $273.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.01. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $188.34 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $185.23.
Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 company had revenue of $806.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $804.02 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.88 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current year.
Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders 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 yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is 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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