Candriam S.C.A. Has $7.42 Million Holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Candriam S.C.A. lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 13.9% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 39,110 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,774 shares during the period. Candriam S.C.A.’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $7,421,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 4,232 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,259,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. Nicolet Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in Verisk Analytics by 3.5% during the third quarter. Nicolet Advisory Services LLC now owns 1,377 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $339,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the period. Legacy Advisors LLC boosted its position in Verisk Analytics by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Legacy Advisors LLC now owns 1,295 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $290,000 after purchasing an additional 48 shares during the period. Essex Bank boosted its position in Verisk Analytics by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Essex Bank now owns 12,388 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,771,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the period. Finally, Net Worth Advisory Group grew its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 5.1% during the fourth quarter. Net Worth Advisory Group now owns 1,151 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $257,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

VRSK has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Monday, March 30th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price target on Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $234.87.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total transaction of $63,688.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 19,584 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,118,164.48. This trade represents a 2.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 4,671 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.21, for a total value of $851,102.91. Following the sale, the director owned 69,098 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,590,346.58. This represents a 6.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 16,907 shares of company stock valued at $2,994,338 over the last three months. 0.52% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

VRSK opened at $185.39 on Monday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $155.94 and a 1-year high of $306.45. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.22, a P/E/G ratio of 2.08 and a beta of 0.69. The business has a 50 day moving average of $177.13 and a 200-day moving average of $191.18.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $782.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $771.62 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.34% and a negative return on equity of 2,405.75%. Verisk Analytics’s revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.73 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 30.44%.

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.