225,561 Shares in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Acquired by XXEC Inc.

XXEC Inc. purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 225,561 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $39,494,000. Verisk Analytics comprises 0.1% of XXEC Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 12th biggest holding.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter worth $1,852,678,000. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 88,300 shares during the period. Bamco Inc. NY acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the second quarter worth $844,259,000. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 0.9% during 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 purchasing an additional 36,194 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 10.2% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,914,224 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $875,574,000 after purchasing an additional 362,050 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Verisk Analytics news, CEO Lee Shavel sold 3,535 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.94, for a total transaction of $696,182.90. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 98,490 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $19,396,620.60. The trade was a 3.46% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 4,671 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.21, for a total transaction of $851,102.91. Following the transaction, the director owned 69,098 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,590,346.58. The trade was a 6.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 22,227 shares of company stock valued at $4,174,599 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 1.7%

Verisk Analytics stock opened at $191.02 on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $188.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is $185.34. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $155.94 and a fifty-two week high of $273.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.34, a PEG ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 1.01.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $804.02 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.88 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders 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 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 30.72%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on VRSK. Evercore set a $223.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Bank of America decreased their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. 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. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics 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.