Railway Pension Investments Ltd Has $9.74 Million Stock Holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Railway Pension Investments Ltd trimmed its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 11.6% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 54,280 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 7,120 shares during the period. Railway Pension Investments Ltd’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $9,745,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VRSK. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics during the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Reflection Asset Management bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 141.7% in the 4th quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 145 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 85 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Verisk Analytics news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total transaction of $71,980.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 18,384 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,308,200.80. This represents a 2.13% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,020 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $195.49, for a total transaction of $394,889.80. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 11,516 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,251,262.84. The trade was a 14.92% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 13,126 shares of company stock valued at $2,564,156. 0.52% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently commented on VRSK shares. UBS Group boosted their price target on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Evercore set a $223.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics and gave the stock 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 report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 25th. One equities research 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. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 1.0%

NASDAQ VRSK opened at $193.78 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $25.22 billion, a PE ratio of 29.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 0.67. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a one year low of $155.94 and a one year high of $273.83. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $189.80 and its 200 day simple moving average is $185.61. 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 released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.93 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $806.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $804.02 million. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 239.55% and a net margin of 28.24%.The business’s revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.88 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 30.72%.

Verisk Analytics Company 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.