Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) Director Samuel Liss Sells 4,671 Shares

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) Director Samuel Liss sold 4,671 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.21, for a total transaction of $851,102.91. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 69,098 shares in the company, valued at $12,590,346.58. The trade was a 6.33% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $178.97 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $175.86 and its 200-day moving average price is $197.78. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.24, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 0.69. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a one year low of $155.94 and a one year high of $318.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 1.02.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.06. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.34% and a negative return on equity of 2,405.75%. The company had revenue of $782.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $771.62 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.73 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, February 18th that allows the company to buyback $2.50 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the business services provider to reacquire up to 10.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 30.44%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Verisk Analytics

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VRSK. Ameriflex Group Inc. purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Board of the Pension Protection Fund purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, Reflection Asset Management purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at $30,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

VRSK has been the topic of several recent research reports. UBS Group set a $224.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Raymond James Financial raised shares of Verisk Analytics from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and increased their target price for the company from $215.00 to $260.00 in a report on Monday, March 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $239.00 to $206.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price 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.