Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) CEO Lee Shavel Sells 2,500 Shares of Stock

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) CEO Lee Shavel sold 2,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.00, for a total transaction of $550,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 98,490 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,667,800. The trade was a 2.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Verisk Analytics Trading Down 2.7%

Shares of NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $194.85 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $185.85 and a 200-day moving average of $189.05. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The firm has a market cap of $25.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.93, a P/E/G ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 0.69. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $155.94 and a twelve month high of $281.82.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.93 by $0.05. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 28.24% and a negative return on equity of 239.55%. The business had revenue of $806.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $804.02 million. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.88 earnings per share. The business’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, analysts anticipate that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.66 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

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

Institutional Trading of Verisk Analytics

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.1% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 4,232 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,259,000 after buying an additional 44 shares during the period. Nicolet Advisory Services LLC raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 3.5% during the third quarter. Nicolet Advisory Services LLC now owns 1,377 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $339,000 after buying an additional 47 shares during the period. Legacy Advisors LLC raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Legacy Advisors LLC now owns 1,295 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $290,000 after buying an additional 48 shares during the period. Essex Bank lifted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Essex Bank now owns 12,388 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,771,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barr E S & Co. lifted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Barr E S & Co. now owns 1,973 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $441,000 after acquiring an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently commented on VRSK. UBS Group boosted their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday. Evercore set a $223.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, June 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Verisk Analytics presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $236.27.

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.