Secured Retirement Advisors LLC Makes New $956,000 Investment in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Secured Retirement Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 5,036 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $956,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of VRSK. Ameriflex Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Board of the Pension Protection Fund acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth $28,000. Finally, Reflection Asset Management acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter worth $30,000. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 6,765 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.63, for a total transaction of $1,201,666.95. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 69,098 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,273,877.74. This represents a 8.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total value of $408,776.64. Following the transaction, the director owned 15,868 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,776,741.32. This trade represents a 12.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 16,907 shares of company stock worth $2,994,338 over the last 90 days. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on VRSK shares. Bank of America decreased their price target 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. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 target price on Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Capital One Financial set a $224.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, March 5th. 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Verisk Analytics currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $234.87.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

VRSK opened at $183.72 on Thursday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $155.94 and a 1-year high of $310.20. The company has a market cap of $24.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.96, a PEG ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 0.69. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $175.87 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $192.66. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.06. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.34% and a negative return on equity of 2,405.75%. The company had revenue of $782.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $771.62 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.73 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is 30.44%.

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.