Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. Sells 9,822 Shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. reduced its position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 5.5% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 168,044 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 9,822 shares during the period. Verisk Analytics accounts for approximately 1.4% of Tandem Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 28th largest position. Tandem Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $37,590,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 2.1% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 17,241,327 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $4,336,366,000 after purchasing an additional 346,525 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 3.1% during the 3rd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 5,354,082 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,346,605,000 after buying an additional 158,791 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,694,505 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $426,185,000 after buying an additional 26,518 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 6.4% in the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,493,296 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $374,547,000 after buying an additional 89,193 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc boosted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 5.2% in the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 1,261,699 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $317,330,000 after buying an additional 62,533 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics

In related news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total transaction of $63,688.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 19,584 shares in the company, valued at $3,118,164.48. The trade was a 2.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,200 shares of company stock valued at $214,200. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $171.11 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $22.42 billion, a PE ratio of 26.04, a P/E/G ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 0.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.02. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $180.06 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $200.50. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $155.94 and a fifty-two week high of $322.92.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.06. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 2,405.75% and a net margin of 29.34%.The business had revenue of $782.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $771.62 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.73 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, February 18th that permits the company to repurchase $2.50 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the business services provider to repurchase up to 10.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is currently 30.44%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have commented on the company. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on Verisk Analytics from $223.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. UBS Group set a $224.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Capital One Financial set a $224.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $237.20.

Verisk Analytics 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.