Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC Sells 97 Shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC lessened its position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 15.3% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 538 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 97 shares during the period. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $168,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at approximately $41,000. Wayfinding Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the first quarter valued at approximately $48,000. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at approximately $48,000. GW&K Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 186.7% in 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 bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the first quarter valued at approximately $52,000. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 0.1%

NASDAQ VRSK opened at $234.94 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $253.29 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $282.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.34, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 1.53. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $228.09 and a fifty-two week high of $322.92. The stock has a market capitalization of $32.82 billion, a PE ratio of 36.20, a PEG ratio of 3.09 and a beta of 0.85.

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

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In other news, Director Christopher John Perry acquired 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 13th. The shares were bought at an average price of $259.80 per share, with a total value of $259,800.00. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 1,773 shares in the company, valued at $460,625.40. The trade was a 129.37% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 5,420 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $265.00, for a total value of $1,436,300.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 54,337 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,399,305. This trade represents a 9.07% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 8,520 shares of company stock worth $2,255,396. Insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

VRSK has been the subject of several recent research reports. Evercore ISI cut their price target on Verisk Analytics from $292.00 to $262.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 14th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on Verisk Analytics from $340.00 to $334.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, September 17th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on Verisk Analytics from $317.00 to $319.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Raymond James Financial set a $315.00 price target on Verisk Analytics and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut Verisk Analytics from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $299.33.

Verisk Analytics Profile

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.