Teacher Retirement System of Texas Has $26.16 Million Holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Teacher Retirement System of Texas raised its stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 18.3% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 104,004 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 16,061 shares during the period. Teacher Retirement System of Texas owned about 0.07% of Verisk Analytics worth $26,158,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in VRSK. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 4,232 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,259,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP grew its stake in Verisk Analytics by 39.6% during the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 11,931 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $3,551,000 after buying an additional 3,385 shares during the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in Verisk Analytics by 114.4% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 253 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $75,000 after buying an additional 135 shares during the last quarter. Norden Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 23.2% during the second quarter. Norden Group LLC now owns 1,586 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $494,000 after buying an additional 299 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mather Group LLC. raised its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 5.5% in the second quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 962 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $300,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Monday, December 29th. Evercore ISI decreased their target price on Verisk Analytics from $262.00 to $250.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on Verisk Analytics from $315.00 to $250.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $290.00 to $270.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $334.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $278.64.

Verisk Analytics Trading Down 0.2%

VRSK stock opened at $218.04 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.55. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $196.99 and a twelve month high of $322.92. The company has a market cap of $30.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.24, a PEG ratio of 3.11 and a beta of 0.81. The business has a fifty day moving average of $220.96 and a 200-day moving average of $244.82.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The business services provider reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.70 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $768.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $776.04 million. Verisk Analytics had a return on equity of 425.42% and a net margin of 30.42%.The company’s revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.67 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In related news, Director Sabra R. Purtill purchased 450 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 31st. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $217.95 per share, for a total transaction of $98,077.50. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 1,327 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $289,219.65. This trade represents a 51.31% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Lee Shavel sold 1,100 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.99, for a total value of $238,689.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 77,807 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,883,340.93. This represents a 1.39% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders purchased 1,450 shares of company stock valued at $314,663 and sold 1,700 shares valued at $369,648. Insiders own 0.46% 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.