Elizabeth Mann Sells 300 Shares of Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) Stock

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.54, for a total value of $65,862.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,265 shares in the company, valued at $3,131,738.10. This trade represents a 2.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.

Elizabeth Mann also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, November 17th, Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of Verisk Analytics stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.99, for a total value of $65,097.00.
• On Wednesday, October 15th, Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of Verisk Analytics stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $242.23, for a total value of $72,669.00.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $219.17 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.55, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 1.19. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $196.99 and a fifty-two week high of $322.92. The firm has a market cap of $30.55 billion, a PE ratio of 33.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.42 and a beta of 0.81. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $223.97 and a 200-day moving average price of $261.25.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The business services provider reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.70 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $768.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $776.04 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 30.42% and a return on equity of 425.42%. The firm’s revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.67 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Monday, December 15th will be paid a $0.45 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 15th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 27.44%.

Institutional Trading of Verisk Analytics

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. boosted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 96.1% during the 1st quarter. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. now owns 1,800 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $536,000 after purchasing an additional 882 shares during the last quarter. Horizon Investments LLC boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 5.0% during the first quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 2,044 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $608,000 after buying an additional 97 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 2.1% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,674,516 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $498,369,000 after buying an additional 34,797 shares during the last quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. increased its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 17.7% in the 1st quarter. Aviso Financial Inc. now owns 17,900 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $5,327,000 after buying an additional 2,694 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Aptus Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 52.2% in the 1st quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,296 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $981,000 after buying an additional 1,130 shares during the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have commented on the company. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on Verisk Analytics from $290.00 to $270.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on Verisk Analytics from $315.00 to $239.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday. Barclays raised shares of Verisk Analytics from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $310.00 to $275.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn reaffirmed a “sell” rating and issued a $220.00 target price (down from $280.00) on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, October 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $278.64.

Verisk Analytics Company Profile

Verisk Analytics, Inc provides data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance markets in the United States and internationally. It offers policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and various underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization; property- and auto- specific rating and underwriting information solutions that allows clients to understand, quantify, underwrite, mitigate, and avoid potential loss for risks; catastrophe modeling solutions, which enables companies to identify, quantify, and plan for the financial consequences of catastrophes for use by insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and governments.