Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. Sells 550 Shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. lessened its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 3.0% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 17,511 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 550 shares during the period. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $5,212,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Verisk Analytics by 1.5% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 16,733,589 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $4,980,251,000 after purchasing an additional 239,483 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in Verisk Analytics by 36.0% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,251,051 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $669,958,000 after purchasing an additional 596,225 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 1st quarter valued at $508,611,000. Northern Trust Corp grew its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,674,516 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $498,369,000 after acquiring an additional 34,797 shares in the last quarter. Finally, TD Asset Management Inc grew its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 4.8% in the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 1,537,613 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $457,624,000 after acquiring an additional 70,571 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

VRSK opened at $270.85 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $37.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.73, a PEG ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 0.83. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $292.49 and a 200 day moving average of $295.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.34, a quick ratio of 1.53 and a current ratio of 1.53. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $259.01 and a fifty-two week high of $322.92.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The business services provider reported $1.88 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $772.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $767.91 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 30.67% and a return on equity of 460.89%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.74 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 27.73%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

VRSK has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Raymond James Financial set a $315.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $335.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $317.00 to $319.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, UBS Group reduced their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $300.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $305.60.

Insider Activity

In other Verisk Analytics news, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 11,656 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $313.06, for a total transaction of $3,649,027.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 67,244 shares in the company, valued at $21,051,406.64. This trade represents a 14.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 5,419 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $318.10, for a total transaction of $1,723,783.90. Following the transaction, the insider owned 56,701 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,036,588.10. This represents a 8.72% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 25,620 shares of company stock valued at $7,862,427. 0.46% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Verisk Analytics Profile

Verisk Analytics, Inc provides data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance markets in the United States and internationally. It offers policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and various underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization; property- and auto- specific rating and underwriting information solutions that allows clients to understand, quantify, underwrite, mitigate, and avoid potential loss for risks; catastrophe modeling solutions, which enables companies to identify, quantify, and plan for the financial consequences of catastrophes for use by insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and governments.