Cavalier Investments LLC Trims Stock Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Cavalier Investments LLC cut its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 1.9% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 12,815 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 253 shares during the quarter. Verisk Analytics makes up approximately 1.2% of Cavalier Investments LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 18th biggest holding. Cavalier Investments LLC’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $3,992,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter valued at approximately $41,000. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter valued at approximately $48,000. Wayfinding Financial LLC purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics during the first quarter valued at approximately $48,000. GW&K Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 186.7% during the first quarter. GW&K Investment Management LLC now owns 172 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $51,000 after buying an additional 112 shares during the period. Finally, Zions Bancorporation National Association UT purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics during the first quarter valued at approximately $52,000. 90.00% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other news, CEO Lee Shavel sold 1,100 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction on Monday, August 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $268.01, for a total transaction of $294,811.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 78,907 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,147,865.07. The trade was a 1.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $242.23, for a total transaction of $72,669.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 14,865 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,600,748.95. The trade was a 1.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 8,520 shares of company stock valued at $2,255,396. 0.46% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Shares of VRSK opened at $237.03 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $33.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.52, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 0.85. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $228.09 and a twelve month high of $322.92. The company has a quick ratio of 1.53, a current ratio of 1.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.34. The company has a 50 day moving average of $255.14 and a two-hundred day moving average of $283.72.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The business services provider reported $1.88 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.11. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 30.67% and a return on equity of 460.89%. The business had revenue of $772.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $767.91 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.74 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently issued reports on VRSK. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Raymond James Financial set a $315.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $317.00 to $319.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $300.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Rothschild Redb downgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $299.33.

About Verisk Analytics

Verisk Analytics, Inc provides data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance markets in the United States and internationally. It offers policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and various underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization; property- and auto- specific rating and underwriting information solutions that allows clients to understand, quantify, underwrite, mitigate, and avoid potential loss for risks; catastrophe modeling solutions, which enables companies to identify, quantify, and plan for the financial consequences of catastrophes for use by insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and governments.