Stephens Inc. AR Reduces Holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Stephens Inc. AR lessened its stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 0.6% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 7,776 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 48 shares during the quarter. Stephens Inc. AR’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $2,422,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth $41,000. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth $48,000. Wayfinding Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the first quarter worth $48,000. GW&K Investment Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 186.7% in the first quarter. GW&K Investment Management LLC now owns 172 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $51,000 after buying an additional 112 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Zions Bancorporation National Association UT bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the first quarter worth $52,000. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VRSK opened at $237.47 on Thursday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $228.09 and a twelve month high of $322.92. The company has a current ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 1.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.34. The company has a market capitalization of $33.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.59, a PEG ratio of 3.12 and a beta of 0.85. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $254.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $283.40.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The business services provider reported $1.88 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.77 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $772.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $767.91 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 30.67% and a return on equity of 460.89%. Verisk Analytics’s revenue was up 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.74 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $242.23, for a total value of $72,669.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 14,865 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,600,748.95. The trade was a 1.98% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 5,420 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $265.00, for a total value of $1,436,300.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 54,337 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,399,305. The trade was a 9.07% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 8,520 shares of company stock worth $2,255,396 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on VRSK. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $300.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $320.00 target price for the company. Raymond James Financial set a $315.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn reiterated a “sell” rating and set a $220.00 target price (down previously from $280.00) on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, October 16th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $299.33.

About Verisk Analytics

Verisk Analytics, Inc provides data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance markets in the United States and internationally. It offers policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and various underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization; property- and auto- specific rating and underwriting information solutions that allows clients to understand, quantify, underwrite, mitigate, and avoid potential loss for risks; catastrophe modeling solutions, which enables companies to identify, quantify, and plan for the financial consequences of catastrophes for use by insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and governments.