Meeder Advisory Services Inc. Takes Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Meeder Advisory Services Inc. bought a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor bought 4,841 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $869,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter worth approximately $28,000. Reflection Asset Management acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the fourth quarter worth approximately $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 141.7% during the 4th quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 145 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 85 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VRSK opened at $186.45 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $24.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.64, a P/E/G ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 0.67. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $155.94 and a twelve month high of $276.19. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $187.80 and a two-hundred day moving average of $185.66. 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 announced 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $804.02 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 28.24% and a negative return on equity of 239.55%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.88 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given 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 (DPR) is presently 30.72%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, June 18th. Evercore set a $223.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $236.27.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other news, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,020 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 31st. The shares were 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,251,262.84. This represents a 14.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 6,765 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.63, for a total transaction of $1,201,666.95. Following the sale, the director owned 69,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,273,877.74. This trade represents a 8.92% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 24,562 shares of company stock worth $4,575,075 in the last three months. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

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.