5,000 Shares in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Purchased by PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co

PKO Investment Management Joint Stock Co purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 5,000 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $949,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S lifted its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 13.9% during the 1st quarter. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S now owns 9,737 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,848,000 after buying an additional 1,186 shares during the period. Stance Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 25.7% in the 4th quarter. Stance Capital LLC now owns 6,444 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,441,000 after buying an additional 1,319 shares during the last quarter. Worthington Financial Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter worth $451,000. Midway Capital Research & Management bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter worth $2,782,000. Finally, Reflection Asset Management purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the fourth quarter valued at $30,000. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In related news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total value of $408,776.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 15,868 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,776,741.32. This represents a 12.83% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the company’s 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 completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 19,584 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,118,164.48. This represents a 2.00% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 16,907 shares of company stock valued at $2,994,338 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have weighed in on VRSK shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Raymond James Financial raised shares of Verisk Analytics from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $215.00 to $260.00 in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $223.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Bank of America cut their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Verisk Analytics currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $234.87.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 3.4%

VRSK stock opened at $174.76 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $175.26 and its 200-day moving average price is $194.26. The stock has a market cap of $22.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.60, a PEG ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $155.94 and a twelve month high of $314.80.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its earnings results 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 net margin of 29.34% and a negative return on equity of 2,405.75%. The company had revenue of $782.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $771.62 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.73 EPS. The firm’s quarterly 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, equities research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The company 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 of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is 30.44%.

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.