R Squared Ltd Purchases Shares of 4,311 Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

R Squared Ltd purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 4,311 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,084,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Advisor OS LLC increased its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 17.1% in the 3rd quarter. Advisor OS LLC now owns 5,012 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,261,000 after acquiring an additional 731 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its position in Verisk Analytics by 3.6% in the third quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 287,414 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $72,287,000 after buying an additional 9,969 shares during the last quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 7.5% in the 3rd quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 23,099 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $5,810,000 after buying an additional 1,602 shares during the period. MAI Capital Management raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 7.3% during the 3rd quarter. MAI Capital Management now owns 33,653 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $8,464,000 after buying an additional 2,275 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mufg Securities Americas Inc. lifted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 21.5% during the 3rd quarter. Mufg Securities Americas Inc. now owns 3,768 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $948,000 after acquiring an additional 668 shares during the period. 90.00% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

VRSK has been the subject of several recent research reports. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Bank of America initiated coverage on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Tuesday, February 17th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $205.00 price target for the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Verisk Analytics from $260.00 to $220.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Robert W. Baird set a $230.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Barclays upgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $310.00 to $275.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $240.86.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $202.64 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 1.20. The stock has a market capitalization of $27.95 billion, a PE ratio of 31.22, a P/E/G ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 0.79. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $164.60 and a fifty-two week high of $322.92. The company has a fifty day moving average of $207.16 and a two-hundred day moving average of $228.56.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $1.82 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.60 by $0.22. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.56% and a return on equity of 357.00%. The business had revenue of $778.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $773.74 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.61 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 5.8% on a year-over-year basis. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.75 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. This is a positive change from Verisk Analytics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is currently 27.73%.

Verisk Analytics declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, February 18th that authorizes the company to buyback $2.50 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the business services provider to reacquire up to 10.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In other Verisk Analytics news, Director Christopher John Perry acquired 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The stock was bought at an average price of $180.00 per share, with a total value of $180,000.00. Following the purchase, the director owned 2,994 shares in the company, valued at approximately $538,920. The trade was a 50.15% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.54, for a total transaction of $65,862.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,265 shares in the company, valued at $3,131,738.10. This trade represents a 2.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.46% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.