Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Shares Bought by Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd grew its position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 295.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 100,225 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 74,878 shares during the quarter. Verisk Analytics comprises approximately 0.6% of Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd owned about 0.07% of Verisk Analytics worth $25,208,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VRSK. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp grew its stake in Verisk Analytics by 30.0% during the 3rd quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp now owns 113,481 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $28,542,000 after buying an additional 26,217 shares during the last quarter. UniSuper Management Pty Ltd boosted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 24.0% in the third quarter. UniSuper Management Pty Ltd now owns 14,703 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $3,698,000 after acquiring an additional 2,846 shares in the last quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas grew its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 18.3% during the third quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 104,004 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $26,158,000 after acquiring an additional 16,061 shares during the last quarter. Northstar Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 40.7% during the third quarter. Northstar Asset Management Inc. now owns 27,805 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $6,993,000 after acquiring an additional 8,042 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rakuten Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the third quarter valued at about $8,488,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

VRSK has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Evercore ISI lowered their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $262.00 to $250.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $290.00 to $270.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Rothschild & Co Redburn reissued a “sell” rating and issued a $220.00 target price (down from $280.00) on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, October 16th. Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $278.64.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.54, for a total transaction of $65,862.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,265 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,131,738.10. The trade was a 2.06% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Gregory Hendrick bought 500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 31st. The stock was purchased at an average price of $216.14 per share, with a total value of $108,070.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director owned 2,536 shares in the company, valued at approximately $548,131.04. This trade represents a 24.56% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders bought 1,450 shares of company stock valued at $314,663 and sold 1,700 shares valued at $369,648. Insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Trading Down 0.2%

NASDAQ VRSK opened at $218.04 on Friday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1 year low of $196.99 and a 1 year high of $322.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.55, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 1.19. The company has a market capitalization of $30.39 billion, a PE ratio of 33.24, a P/E/G ratio of 3.11 and a beta of 0.81. The company has a fifty day moving average of $220.96 and a 200 day moving average of $244.82.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The business services provider reported $1.72 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.70 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $768.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $776.04 million. Verisk Analytics had a return on equity of 425.42% and a net margin of 30.42%.The company’s revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.67 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current year.

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.