Bronte Capital Management Pty Ltd. Takes $551,000 Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Bronte Capital Management Pty Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor acquired 2,902 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $551,000.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Ameriflex Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the third quarter worth $25,000. Board of the Pension Protection Fund acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, Reflection Asset Management purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter worth about $30,000. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total transaction of $408,776.64. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 15,868 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,776,741.32. This trade represents a 12.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 6,765 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.63, for a total transaction of $1,201,666.95. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 69,098 shares in the company, valued at $12,273,877.74. The trade was a 8.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 16,907 shares of company stock worth $2,994,338 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Shares of Verisk Analytics stock opened at $188.35 on Friday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 12 month low of $155.94 and a 12 month high of $308.19. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The stock has a market cap of $24.68 billion, a PE ratio of 28.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 0.69. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $175.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $192.46.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $782.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $771.62 million. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 2,405.75% and a net margin of 29.34%.Verisk Analytics’s quarterly revenue was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.73 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, sell-side 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 was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is 30.44%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

VRSK has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Capital One Financial set a $224.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, June 18th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $230.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Monday, March 30th. Finally, 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 research report on Thursday, April 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $234.87.

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.