Navera Investment Management Ltd. Buys New Shares in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Navera Investment Management Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm purchased 437,518 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $110,017,000. Verisk Analytics accounts for 2.1% of Navera Investment Management Ltd.’s portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest holding.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. AlphaCore Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter valued at about $29,000. NewSquare Capital LLC lifted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 69.0% during the second quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 98 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 62.7% in the second quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 109 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics

In other Verisk Analytics news, Director Sabra R. Purtill purchased 450 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 31st. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $217.95 per share, with a total value of $98,077.50. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 1,327 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $289,219.65. This represents a 51.31% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Gregory Hendrick acquired 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 31st. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $216.14 per share, for a total transaction of $108,070.00. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 2,536 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $548,131.04. This trade represents a 24.56% increase in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders bought 1,450 shares of company stock worth $314,663 and sold 1,700 shares worth $369,648. Corporate insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Shares of VRSK opened at $220.41 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $30.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.60, a P/E/G ratio of 3.13 and a beta of 0.81. 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 1 year low of $196.99 and a 1 year high of $322.92. The company’s fifty day moving average is $220.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is $247.40.

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

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 15th were paid a dividend of $0.45 per share. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is 27.44%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have weighed in on VRSK. Seaport Res Ptn raised shares of Verisk Analytics to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Rothschild Redb lowered Verisk Analytics from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Thursday, October 16th. Barclays upgraded 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 note on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Monday, December 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $278.64.

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.