Martin Investment Management LLC Lowers Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Martin Investment Management LLC lessened its position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 92.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,170 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 25,169 shares during the quarter. Martin Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $485,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 4,232 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,259,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the period. Nicolet Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Nicolet Advisory Services LLC now owns 1,377 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $339,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the period. Legacy Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 3.8% in the 4th quarter. Legacy Advisors LLC now owns 1,295 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $290,000 after purchasing an additional 48 shares during the period. Promus Capital LLC lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. Promus Capital LLC now owns 2,382 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $599,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the period. Finally, Essex Bank lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Essex Bank now owns 12,388 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,771,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have recently commented on VRSK shares. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Capital One Financial set a $224.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Weiss Ratings cut Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $237.20.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Verisk Analytics news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total value of $408,776.64. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 15,868 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,776,741.32. This trade represents a 12.83% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction on Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total value of $63,688.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 19,584 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,118,164.48. The trade was a 2.00% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders sold 5,871 shares of company stock valued at $1,023,452. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 5.1%

VRSK stock opened at $183.97 on Tuesday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $155.94 and a twelve month high of $322.92. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The firm has a market cap of $24.10 billion, a PE ratio of 28.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 0.72. The business has a 50 day moving average of $177.24 and a 200 day moving average of $199.13.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.06. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 2,405.75% and a net margin of 29.34%.The company had revenue of $782.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $771.62 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.73 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 30.44%.

Verisk Analytics announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, February 18th that allows the company to repurchase $2.50 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the business services provider to buy up to 10.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

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.