Wealthfront Advisers LLC Buys 13,850 Shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 43.8% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 45,443 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,850 shares during the quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $8,623,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VRSK. Board of the Pension Protection Fund bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Reflection Asset Management purchased a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Finally, Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Bank of America reduced their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $230.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Monday, March 30th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target 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, Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $234.87.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Verisk Analytics news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total transaction of $63,688.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 19,584 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,118,164.48. This trade represents a 2.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total value of $408,776.64. Following the sale, the director directly owned 15,868 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,776,741.32. The trade was a 12.83% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 16,507 shares of company stock worth $2,925,710 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of VRSK opened at $200.68 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $179.05 and a 200 day moving average of $190.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 1.02. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $155.94 and a 1-year high of $304.29. The firm has a market capitalization of $26.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.54, a PEG ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 0.69.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 company had revenue of $782.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $771.62 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.73 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics’s revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is presently 30.44%.

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.