Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. Acquires New Stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor bought 6,673 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,198,000.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the company. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price target on Verisk Analytics and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Weiss Ratings lowered Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

VRSK stock opened at $187.50 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $24.41 billion, a PE ratio of 28.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $187.99 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $185.26. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 12-month low of $155.94 and a 12-month high of $274.78.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 negative return on equity of 239.55% and a net margin of 28.24%.The company’s revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.88 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The business 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 $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 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 30.72%.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In related news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total transaction of $71,980.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 18,384 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,308,200.80. This trade represents a 2.13% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total value of $408,776.64. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 15,868 shares in the company, valued at $2,776,741.32. This trade represents a 12.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 22,227 shares of company stock valued at $4,174,599 over the last 90 days. Corporate 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.