Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Holdings Boosted by Diversify Wealth Management LLC

Diversify Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 345.4% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 6,636 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,146 shares during the period. Diversify Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $1,249,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of VRSK. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,076,730 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,359,304,000 after buying an additional 88,300 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,121,219 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $923,576,000 after buying an additional 36,194 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 10.2% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,914,224 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $875,574,000 after acquiring an additional 362,050 shares in the last quarter. Capital International Investors lifted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 1,200.9% in the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 3,264,323 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $730,196,000 after acquiring an additional 3,013,400 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Parnassus Investments LLC boosted its position in Verisk Analytics by 21.6% during the 4th quarter. Parnassus Investments LLC now owns 1,815,060 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $406,011,000 after acquiring an additional 322,345 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have weighed in on VRSK. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $230.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Bank of America reduced their price target 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. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the company 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 issued a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $234.87.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In other news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the firm’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 approximately $3,118,164.48. This trade represents a 2.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 6,765 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.63, for a total transaction of $1,201,666.95. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 69,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,273,877.74. The trade was a 8.92% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 16,507 shares of company stock worth $2,925,710 in the last 90 days. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of Verisk Analytics stock opened at $191.94 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $25.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.21, a P/E/G ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 0.69. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $177.94 and a 200-day simple moving average of $190.61. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52-week low of $155.94 and a 52-week high of $304.29. 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 (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $782.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $771.62 million. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 2,405.75% and a net margin of 29.34%.The firm’s revenue was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.73 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

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

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.