Brokerages Set Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) PT at $236.27

Shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the fifteen ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, six have issued a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month target price among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $236.2667.

VRSK has been the topic of a number of research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Verisk Analytics from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Tuesday. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Finally, 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.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 1.7%

Verisk Analytics stock opened at $191.02 on Friday. 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 business’s 50-day simple moving average is $188.94 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $185.34. The company has a market cap of $24.86 billion, a PE ratio of 29.34, a PEG ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 0.67. Verisk Analytics has a fifty-two week low of $155.94 and a fifty-two week high of $273.83.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $804.02 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.88 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter 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. Equities analysts anticipate that Verisk Analytics will post 7.71 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 30.72%.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other Verisk Analytics news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The stock was 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. The trade was a 12.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total value of $71,980.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 18,384 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,308,200.80. This represents a 2.13% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 22,227 shares of company stock valued at $4,174,599 in the last 90 days. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Verisk Analytics

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth about $28,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Reflection Asset Management acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at about $31,000. Finally, Titan Wealth CI Ltd acquired 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.

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.