Rathbones Group PLC Has $24.72 Million Stock Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Rathbones Group PLC lowered its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 3.4% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 130,271 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 4,544 shares during the period. Rathbones Group PLC’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $24,719,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total value of $63,688.00. Following the completion of the sale, 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. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Lee Shavel sold 3,535 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.94, for a total transaction of $696,182.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 98,490 shares in the company, valued at $19,396,620.60. This represents a 3.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 24,562 shares of company stock valued at $4,566,783. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Shares of Verisk Analytics stock opened at $193.11 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $186.29 and a two-hundred day moving average of $188.59. The stock has a market capitalization of $25.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.66, a PEG ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 0.67. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $155.94 and a 52 week high of $276.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.01.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.93 by $0.05. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 239.55% and a net margin of 28.24%.The business had revenue of $806.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $804.02 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.88 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.66 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is presently 30.72%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

VRSK has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. UBS Group boosted their target price on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday. Evercore set a $223.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Bank of America decreased their price target on Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $236.27.

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.