BSW Wealth Partners Grows Stock Holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

BSW Wealth Partners lifted its position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 20.1% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,293 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 216 shares during the quarter. BSW Wealth Partners’ holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $403,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of VRSK. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. grew its position in Verisk Analytics by 1.1% during the first quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 3,175 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $945,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. grew its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 9,017 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,809,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. Bennett Selby Investments LP grew its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 3.1% during the 1st quarter. Bennett Selby Investments LP now owns 1,208 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $359,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Private Trust Co. NA raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 10.2% in the 1st quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 389 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $116,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares during the period. Finally, Frank Rimerman Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 3.3% in the first quarter. Frank Rimerman Advisors LLC now owns 1,177 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $350,000 after purchasing an additional 38 shares during the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $247.43 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.53, a current ratio of 1.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.34. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $263.86 and its 200 day simple moving average is $288.40. The stock has a market cap of $34.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.54 and a beta of 0.85. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $239.83 and a twelve month high of $322.92.

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

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th were issued a dividend of $0.45 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is 27.73%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have issued reports on VRSK shares. Raymond James Financial set a $315.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, August 4th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Verisk Analytics from $317.00 to $319.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on Verisk Analytics from $340.00 to $334.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 17th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $300.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of Verisk Analytics to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $311.00.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In other Verisk Analytics news, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 5,420 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $265.00, for a total value of $1,436,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 54,337 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,399,305. This represents a 9.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $254.72, for a total value of $76,416.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 15,165 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,862,828.80. This represents a 1.94% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 8,520 shares of company stock worth $2,273,891 over the last 90 days. 0.46% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Verisk Analytics Company 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.