TimesSquare Capital Management LLC Makes New $61.24 Million Investment in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

TimesSquare Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm bought 341,089 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $61,236,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of VRSK. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter worth about $28,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Reflection Asset Management acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at about $31,000. Finally, Titan Wealth CI Ltd bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter worth about $32,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on VRSK shares. UBS Group lifted their price target on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Weiss Ratings lowered Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, Bank of America decreased their price target on Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Stock Down 3.3%

VRSK opened at $175.62 on Tuesday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a one year low of $155.94 and a one year high of $276.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.01. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $187.81 and its 200-day moving average is $186.15. The company has a market capitalization of $22.86 billion, a PE ratio of 26.98, a P/E/G ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 0.67.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.93 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $806.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $804.02 million. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 239.55% and a net margin of 28.24%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.88 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is currently 30.72%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 4,671 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.21, for a total transaction of $851,102.91. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 69,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,590,346.58. This represents a 6.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Lee Shavel sold 3,535 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.94, for a total transaction of $696,182.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 98,490 shares in the company, valued at approximately $19,396,620.60. This trade represents a 3.46% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 24,562 shares of company stock worth $4,575,075. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics 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.