Freestone Grove Partners LP Makes New Investment in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Freestone Grove Partners LP acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 63,976 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $11,486,000.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on VRSK. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 18th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Evercore set a $223.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $236.27.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In related news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total transaction of $408,776.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 15,868 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,776,741.32. This trade represents a 12.83% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total transaction of $71,980.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 18,384 shares in the company, valued at $3,308,200.80. This represents a 2.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 22,227 shares of company stock valued at $4,174,599. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 1.7%

VRSK stock opened at $191.02 on Friday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $155.94 and a 1-year high of $273.83. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The business’s 50 day moving average is $188.94 and its 200-day moving average is $185.34. The firm has a market cap of $24.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.34, a P/E/G ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 0.67.

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

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

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

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.