Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. Takes $7.62 Million Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 34,069 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $7,621,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 25.6% in the 4th quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 90,522 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $20,249,000 after buying an additional 18,461 shares during the last quarter. Aquatic Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 295.8% in the third quarter. Aquatic Capital Management LLC now owns 20,148 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $5,067,000 after acquiring an additional 15,058 shares in the last quarter. Jensen Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 50.7% in the third quarter. Jensen Investment Management Inc. now owns 424,645 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $106,802,000 after acquiring an additional 142,911 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 6.5% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,196,460 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $300,931,000 after acquiring an additional 73,026 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NEOS Investment Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 77.0% in the third quarter. NEOS Investment Management LLC now owns 59,083 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $14,860,000 after acquiring an additional 25,712 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

VRSK has been the topic of several research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Monday, March 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Bank of America decreased their target price on Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Robert W. Baird set a $230.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Verisk Analytics from $223.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $237.20.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Shares of Verisk Analytics stock opened at $174.99 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $22.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.63, a P/E/G ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 0.69. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $177.59 and its 200-day simple moving average is $199.35. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $155.94 and a 1-year high of $322.92. 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 issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $782.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $771.62 million. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 2,405.75% and a net margin of 29.34%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.73 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is currently 30.44%.

Verisk Analytics announced that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, February 18th that permits the company to buyback $2.50 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the business services provider to reacquire up to 10.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,335 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $171.51, for a total transaction of $400,475.85. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 15,868 shares in the company, valued at $2,721,520.68. The trade was a 12.83% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total value 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 represents a 2.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 3,535 shares of company stock worth $614,676. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

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.