Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) CEO Lee Shavel Sells 2,500 Shares

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) CEO Lee Shavel sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.00, for a total transaction of $550,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 98,490 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $21,667,800. This trade represents a 2.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

VRSK traded down $5.50 on Friday, reaching $194.85. 1,946,778 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,161,209. The stock has a market cap of $25.53 billion, a PE ratio of 29.93, a P/E/G ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 0.69. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $155.94 and a twelve month high of $281.82. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $185.37 and its 200-day moving average price is $189.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 1.02.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.93 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $806.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $804.02 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 28.24% and a negative return on equity of 239.55%. Verisk Analytics’s revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.88 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.66 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is 30.72%.

Institutional Trading of Verisk Analytics

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of VRSK. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,076,730 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,359,304,000 after acquiring an additional 88,300 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 0.9% in 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 acquiring an additional 36,194 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings 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 worth $875,574,000 after acquiring an additional 362,050 shares during the last quarter. Capital International Investors boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1,200.9% during the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 3,264,323 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $730,196,000 after purchasing an additional 3,013,400 shares during the period. Finally, Parnassus Investments LLC boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 21.6% during the 4th quarter. Parnassus Investments LLC now owns 1,815,060 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $406,011,000 after purchasing an additional 322,345 shares during the period. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently commented on VRSK. Evercore set a $223.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $236.27.

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.