Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Shares Sold by CI Investments Inc.

CI Investments Inc. reduced its position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 35.9% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 5,293 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 2,962 shares during the period. CI Investments Inc.’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $1,004,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VRSK. State Street Corp increased its position in Verisk Analytics by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,076,730 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,359,304,000 after buying an additional 88,300 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,121,219 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $923,576,000 after buying an additional 36,194 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 10.2% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,914,224 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $875,574,000 after acquiring an additional 362,050 shares in the last quarter. Capital International Investors increased its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1,200.9% in the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 3,264,323 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $730,196,000 after purchasing an additional 3,013,400 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Parnassus Investments LLC increased its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 21.6% in the fourth quarter. Parnassus Investments LLC now owns 1,815,060 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $406,011,000 after buying an additional 322,345 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Verisk Analytics stock opened at $201.34 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $182.41 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $189.62. 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, Inc. has a 12 month low of $155.94 and a 12 month high of $300.93. The company has a market cap of $26.38 billion, a PE ratio of 30.65, a P/E/G ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 0.69.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $782.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $771.62 million. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 2,405.75% and a net margin of 29.34%.The firm’s revenue was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.73 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Research analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.64 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 issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is presently 30.44%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. Bank of America decreased their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $230.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 18th. One 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently 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 the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total value of $63,688.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 19,584 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,118,164.48. This represents a 2.00% 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, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total transaction of $408,776.64. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 15,868 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,776,741.32. The trade was a 12.83% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 16,507 shares of company stock valued at $2,925,710. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

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.