Brown Advisory Inc. Reduces Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Brown Advisory Inc. lessened its position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 17.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,495,476 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 312,822 shares during the quarter. Brown Advisory Inc.’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $334,529,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew 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 last quarter. Nicolet Advisory Services LLC grew 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 last quarter. Legacy Advisors LLC grew 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 last quarter. Promus Capital LLC grew 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 last quarter. Finally, Essex Bank grew 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 last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In other news, 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 value of $63,688.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 19,584 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,118,164.48. The trade was a 2.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 6,765 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.63, for a total value of $1,201,666.95. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 69,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,273,877.74. This trade represents a 8.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 17,307 shares of company stock valued at $3,076,222 over the last three months. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have weighed in on VRSK. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, March 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on Verisk Analytics from $239.00 to $206.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Bank of America lowered their target price on Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. Finally, Capital One Financial set a $224.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $237.20.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Shares of VRSK stock opened at $183.80 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $175.62 and a 200 day moving average price of $196.83. The stock has a market cap of $24.08 billion, a PE ratio of 27.98, a P/E/G ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 0.69. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1 year low of $155.94 and a 1 year high of $314.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.02.

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

Verisk Analytics declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, February 18th that authorizes the company to repurchase $2.50 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the business services provider to repurchase up to 10.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be issued 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 30.44%.

Verisk Analytics Company Profile

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.