The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Makes New Investment in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor purchased 65,636 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $11,784,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Reflection Asset Management purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 141.7% in the fourth quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 145 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 85 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Bank of America reduced their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Verisk Analytics from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Tuesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $236.27.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Verisk Analytics news, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,020 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $195.49, for a total transaction of $394,889.80. Following the transaction, the insider owned 11,516 shares in the company, valued at $2,251,262.84. The trade was a 14.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 represents a 12.83% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 22,227 shares of company stock valued at $4,174,599 over the last 90 days. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 0.4%

VRSK opened at $191.77 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $189.30 and a 200 day moving average of $185.39. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 12 month low of $155.94 and a 12 month high of $273.83. The firm has a market cap of $24.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.46, a P/E/G ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 0.67.

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

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is presently 30.72%.

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.