Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. Invests $5.03 Million in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 27,989 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $5,025,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. XXEC Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter valued at $992,675,000. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter worth $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 purchasing an additional 3,013,400 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter worth about $346,457,000. Finally, Jupiter Topco LLC purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter worth about $266,201,000. 90.00% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

VRSK has been the subject of several research reports. 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. Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Verisk Analytics presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $236.27.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In related news, CEO Lee Shavel sold 3,535 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.94, for a total transaction of $696,182.90. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 98,490 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,396,620.60. This represents a 3.46% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 4,671 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 5th. The stock was 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 approximately $12,590,346.58. This represents a 6.33% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 22,227 shares of company stock worth $4,174,599 in the last 90 days. 0.52% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Verisk Analytics Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of NASDAQ VRSK opened at $188.49 on Wednesday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a one year low of $155.94 and a one year high of $273.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 1.01. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $188.34 and its 200-day moving average price is $185.23. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.53 billion, a PE ratio of 28.95, a P/E/G ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 0.67.

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

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is presently 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.