Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. Makes New Investment in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 111,878 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $20,085,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VRSK. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter worth about $27,000. Reflection Asset Management purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics during the fourth quarter worth approximately $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics during the fourth quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, Titan Wealth CI Ltd acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $32,000. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Verisk Analytics news, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,020 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $195.49, for a total transaction of $394,889.80. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 11,516 shares in the company, valued at $2,251,262.84. This trade represents a 14.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 4,671 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.21, for a total transaction of $851,102.91. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 69,098 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,590,346.58. This represents a 6.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 24,162 shares of company stock valued at $4,503,095 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently commented on VRSK. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 target price on Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 18th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Trading Down 2.3%

VRSK opened at $181.67 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.65 billion, a PE ratio of 27.91, a P/E/G ratio of 2.08 and a beta of 0.67. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a one year low of $155.94 and a one year high of $276.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.01. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $187.87 and its 200 day moving average price is $186.67.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.93 by $0.05. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 239.55% and a net margin of 28.24%.The company had revenue of $806.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $804.02 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.88 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share. 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 Tuesday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 30.72%.

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.