Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. Takes Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 27,989 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $5,025,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. XXEC Inc. bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at $992,675,000. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the second quarter valued at about $1,852,678,000. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,076,730 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,359,304,000 after purchasing an additional 88,300 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,121,219 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $923,576,000 after purchasing an additional 36,194 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley grew its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 10.2% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,914,224 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $875,574,000 after buying an additional 362,050 shares during the period. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics

In other Verisk Analytics news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total transaction of $71,980.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 18,384 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,308,200.80. This trade represents a 2.13% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,020 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction on Friday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $195.49, for a total transaction of $394,889.80. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,516 shares in the company, valued at $2,251,262.84. This represents a 14.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 22,227 shares of company stock valued at $4,174,599 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Evercore set a $223.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Weiss Ratings cut Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Bank of America lowered their target price on Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Verisk Analytics presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Trading Down 0.6%

VRSK opened at $188.49 on Wednesday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $155.94 and a fifty-two week high of $273.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.53 billion, a PE ratio of 28.95, a P/E/G ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 1.01. The company’s 50-day moving average is $188.34 and its 200 day moving average is $185.23.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.93 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $806.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $804.02 million. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 239.55% and a net margin of 28.24%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.88 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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 given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is presently 30.72%.

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.