Jefferies Financial Group Inc. Purchases Shares of 3,329 Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm acquired 3,329 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $598,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VRSK. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the fourth quarter worth approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth approximately $28,000. Reflection Asset Management purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter worth approximately $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 141.7% during the 4th quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 145 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 85 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have commented on VRSK shares. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Bank of America dropped their target price on Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Shares of Verisk Analytics stock opened at $193.78 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $25.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.77, a P/E/G ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 0.67. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $155.94 and a 52 week high of $273.83. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $189.80 and its two-hundred day moving average is $185.61.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 company had revenue of $806.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $804.02 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 28.24% and a negative return on equity of 239.55%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. 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. Research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In related news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total value of $71,980.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 18,384 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,308,200.80. The trade was a 2.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Lee Shavel sold 3,535 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.94, for a total transaction of $696,182.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 98,490 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $19,396,620.60. This represents a 3.46% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 13,126 shares of company stock valued at $2,564,156 in the last ninety days. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.