Kathy Card Beckles Sells 2,020 Shares of Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) Stock

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,020 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $195.49, for a total value of $394,889.80. Following the sale, the insider 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 transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Verisk Analytics stock opened at $194.85 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $25.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $185.85 and a 200-day moving average of $189.05. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $155.94 and a 52 week high of $281.82.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.93 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $806.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $804.02 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 28.24% and a negative return on equity of 239.55%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.88 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.66 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is 30.72%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on VRSK shares. Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday. Evercore set a $223.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $236.27.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Verisk Analytics

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VRSK. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in Verisk Analytics by 1.1% during the first 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 boosted its holdings 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 buying an additional 47 shares during the period. Legacy Advisors LLC boosted its holdings 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 buying an additional 48 shares during the period. Essex Bank grew its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Essex Bank now owns 12,388 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,771,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barr E S & Co. grew its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Barr E S & Co. now owns 1,973 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $441,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

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.