Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) Receives Consensus Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) has received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the fifteen analysts that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1-year target price among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $236.2667.

VRSK has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Weiss Ratings lowered Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Evercore set a $223.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other news, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,020 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $195.49, for a total value of $394,889.80. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 11,516 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,251,262.84. This trade represents a 14.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 4,671 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.21, for a total transaction of $851,102.91. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 69,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,590,346.58. The trade was a 6.33% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 22,227 shares of company stock valued at $4,174,599. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. XXEC Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter valued at $992,675,000. California State Teachers Retirement System boosted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 17,108.0% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 39,835,732 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $7,151,709,000 after acquiring an additional 39,604,236 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at about $1,852,678,000. Bamco Inc. NY acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth about $844,259,000. Finally, Capital International Investors raised its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 1,200.9% during the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 3,264,323 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $730,196,000 after purchasing an additional 3,013,400 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Stock Down 0.6%

NASDAQ VRSK opened at $188.49 on Friday. Verisk Analytics has a 1-year low of $155.94 and a 1-year high of $273.83. The company has a market capitalization of $24.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.95, a PEG ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 0.67. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $188.34 and its two-hundred day moving average is $185.23. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42.

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

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders 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 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is currently 30.72%.

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.