Verisk Analytics, Inc. (VRSK) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.50 on March 31st

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 13th. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of 0.50 per share by the business services provider on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. This is a 11.1% increase from Verisk Analytics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45.

Verisk Analytics has raised its dividend payment by an average of 0.1%annually over the last three years and has increased its dividend annually for the last 6 consecutive years. Verisk Analytics has a payout ratio of 25.4% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Verisk Analytics to earn $7.25 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $2.00 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 27.6%.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of VRSK traded up $0.60 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $203.26. The stock had a trading volume of 557,410 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,085,886. Verisk Analytics has a 1-year low of $164.60 and a 1-year high of $322.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $28.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.63 and a beta of 0.81. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $205.71 and a 200-day simple moving average of $224.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a current ratio of 1.20 and a quick ratio of 1.20.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.60 by $0.22. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.56% and a return on equity of 357.00%. The business had revenue of $778.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $773.74 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.61 EPS. Verisk Analytics’s revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.75 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Verisk Analytics will post 6.63 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently weighed in on VRSK. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $239.00 to $206.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Argus downgraded Verisk Analytics from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 14th. UBS Group set a $224.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Robert W. Baird set a $230.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $237.20.

Verisk Analytics Company 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.