18,854 Shares in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Bought by Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab

Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 18,854 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $3,385,000.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at $1,852,678,000. Capital International Investors raised its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1,200.9% during the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 3,264,323 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $730,196,000 after buying an additional 3,013,400 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter worth about $346,457,000. Deutsche Bank AG purchased a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter worth about $138,842,000. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter worth about $122,866,000. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics

In other news, 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 completion of the transaction, the director owned 69,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,590,346.58. The trade was a 6.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total transaction of $71,980.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 18,384 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,308,200.80. This represents a 2.13% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 24,562 shares of company stock valued at $4,575,075. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, June 18th. Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased 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. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut shares of Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 1.8%

Shares of NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $178.86 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The company has a market capitalization of $23.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.47, a P/E/G ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 0.67. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52-week low of $155.94 and a 52-week high of $276.19. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $187.73 and its 200-day simple moving average is $185.87.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.93 by $0.05. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 239.55% and a net margin of 28.24%.The firm had revenue of $806.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $804.02 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.88 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 30.72%.

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.