Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) Director Samuel Liss Sells 6,765 Shares

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) Director Samuel Liss sold 6,765 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.63, for a total value of $1,201,666.95. Following the sale, the director owned 69,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,273,877.74. This trade represents a 8.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of NASDAQ:VRSK traded up $1.67 on Thursday, hitting $180.00. 2,202,310 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,995,114. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 12 month low of $155.94 and a 12 month high of $322.92. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 0.69. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $176.36 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $198.61. 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 released 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. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 2,405.75% and a net margin of 29.34%.The business had revenue of $782.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $771.62 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.73 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be given 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 dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 30.44%.

Verisk Analytics announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, February 18th that permits the company to repurchase $2.50 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the business services provider to repurchase up to 10.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Verisk Analytics

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VRSK. Ameriflex Group Inc. purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics in the third quarter valued at about $25,000. Board of the Pension Protection Fund purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Reflection Asset Management purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $223.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Bank of America decreased their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Capital One Financial set a $224.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $239.00 to $206.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 19th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $237.20.

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.