Epoch Investment Partners Inc. Increases Stock Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Epoch Investment Partners Inc. increased its holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 16.1% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 454,147 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 62,846 shares during the period. Epoch Investment Partners Inc.’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $86,174,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of VRSK. Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1,359.3% in the first quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 440,420 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $83,570,000 after purchasing an additional 410,240 shares in the last quarter. Compound Planning Inc. purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 1st quarter worth about $214,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 495.3% during the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 83,098 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $15,768,000 after purchasing an additional 69,138 shares in the last quarter. Caxton Associates LLP boosted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 308.8% in the 1st quarter. Caxton Associates LLP now owns 6,393 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,213,000 after purchasing an additional 4,829 shares during the period. Finally, Inceptionr LLC purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics during the 1st quarter valued at about $252,000. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other Verisk Analytics news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total transaction of $63,688.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 19,584 shares in the company, valued at $3,118,164.48. The trade was a 2.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total transaction of $408,776.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 15,868 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,776,741.32. This represents a 12.83% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 16,507 shares of company stock valued at $2,925,710 over the last three months. 0.52% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on VRSK. Weiss Ratings cut Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, March 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $234.87.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Verisk Analytics stock opened at $201.34 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $26.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.65, a PEG ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 0.69. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $182.41 and a 200 day simple moving average of $189.62. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $155.94 and a 52 week high of $300.93.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $782.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $771.62 million. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 2,405.75% and a net margin of 29.34%.The company’s revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.73 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 30.44%.

Verisk Analytics 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.