Brokerages Set Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) Target Price at $237.20

Shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) have been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the fifteen brokerages that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating, six have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $237.20.

Several research firms have recently weighed in on VRSK. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, April 30th. UBS Group set a $224.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Raymond James Financial upgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $215.00 to $260.00 in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $223.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, February 19th.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In other news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total value of $408,776.64. Following the sale, the director owned 15,868 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,776,741.32. The trade was a 12.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total transaction of $63,688.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 19,584 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,118,164.48. This represents a 2.00% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 17,307 shares of company stock valued at $3,076,222 over the last 90 days. 0.52% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Verisk Analytics

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Ameriflex Group Inc. bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the third quarter worth $25,000. Board of the Pension Protection Fund acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Reflection Asset Management acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Verisk Analytics Stock Down 0.6%

Verisk Analytics stock opened at $182.00 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.85 billion, a PE ratio of 27.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.05 and a beta of 0.69. Verisk Analytics has a twelve month low of $155.94 and a twelve month high of $314.80. 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 company has a 50 day moving average of $175.62 and a 200-day moving average of $196.92.

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

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

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

Verisk Analytics announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, February 18th that allows the company to repurchase $2.50 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the business services provider to reacquire up to 10.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is 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.