Insider Selling: Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) Director Sells $1,201,666.95 in Stock

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) Director Samuel Liss sold 6,765 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the director owned 69,098 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,273,877.74. The trade was a 8.92% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $181.73 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $176.00 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $198.24. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 12-month low of $155.94 and a 12-month high of $321.83. The firm has a market cap of $23.81 billion, a PE ratio of 27.66, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 firm had revenue of $782.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $771.62 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.73 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 earnings per share for the current year.

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

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is presently 30.44%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have issued reports on VRSK. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $223.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $239.00 to $206.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Raymond James Financial raised shares of Verisk Analytics from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $215.00 to $260.00 in a report on Monday, March 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Verisk Analytics has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $237.20.

Institutional Trading of Verisk Analytics

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VRSK. Ameriflex Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Board of the Pension Protection Fund bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, Reflection Asset Management bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

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.