Perigon Wealth Management LLC Purchases Shares of 3,384 Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Perigon Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm acquired 3,384 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $607,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter worth approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Reflection Asset Management purchased a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at $31,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 141.7% in the 4th quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 145 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 85 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on VRSK shares. UBS Group lifted 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. Weiss Ratings lowered Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price target on Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Evercore set a $223.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $236.27.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In related news, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,020 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 owned 11,516 shares in the company, valued at $2,251,262.84. This represents a 14.92% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 4,671 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the director directly owned 69,098 shares in the company, valued at $12,590,346.58. The trade was a 6.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 24,562 shares of company stock worth $4,575,075 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 4.2%

VRSK opened at $186.45 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $24.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.64, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 0.67. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $155.94 and a 52 week high of $276.19. The business’s 50 day moving average is $187.80 and its two-hundred day moving average is $185.66. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 negative return on equity of 239.55% and a net margin of 28.24%.The company’s revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior 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, research analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is 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.