27,433 Shares in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Acquired by Sanctuary Advisors LLC

Sanctuary Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor bought 27,433 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $4,925,000.

Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. XXEC Inc. bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at approximately $992,675,000. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,852,678,000. State Street Corp increased its stake in Verisk Analytics by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,076,730 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,359,304,000 after purchasing an additional 88,300 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,121,219 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $923,576,000 after buying an additional 36,194 shares during the period. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 10.2% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,914,224 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $875,574,000 after acquiring an additional 362,050 shares during the period. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on VRSK shares. Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price target on Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, June 18th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Bank of America decreased their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. Finally, Evercore set a $223.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 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 stock. According to MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 1.1%

NASDAQ VRSK opened at $189.55 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $24.67 billion, a PE ratio of 29.12, a PEG ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 0.67. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 12 month low of $155.94 and a 12 month high of $273.83. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $188.17 and a 200-day moving average of $185.24. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42.

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

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,020 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $195.49, for a total transaction of $394,889.80. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 11,516 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,251,262.84. This represents a 14.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Lee Shavel sold 3,535 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.94, for a total transaction of $696,182.90. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 98,490 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $19,396,620.60. This represents a 3.46% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 22,227 shares of company stock valued at $4,174,599 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.52% 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.