Riverbridge Partners LLC Reduces Stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Riverbridge Partners LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 11.3% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 291,692 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 37,134 shares during the quarter. Verisk Analytics comprises approximately 1.4% of Riverbridge Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 22nd largest holding. Riverbridge Partners LLC’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $55,348,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter worth approximately $28,000. Ameriflex Group Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Board of the Pension Protection Fund purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Finally, Reflection Asset Management purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at $30,000. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Raymond James Financial raised Verisk Analytics from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and upped their target price for the company from $215.00 to $260.00 in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on Verisk Analytics from $223.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, March 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $234.87.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Shares of VRSK opened at $174.76 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $175.26 and its two-hundred day moving average is $194.26. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $155.94 and a twelve month high of $314.80. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.90 billion, a PE ratio of 26.60, a P/E/G ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 0.69.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last issued 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. The business had revenue of $782.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $771.62 million. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 2,405.75% and a net margin of 29.34%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.73 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Verisk Analytics news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total value of $408,776.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 15,868 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,776,741.32. This trade represents a 12.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total transaction of $63,688.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 19,584 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,118,164.48. The trade was a 2.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 16,907 shares of company stock worth $2,994,338. 0.52% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.