William Blair Predicts Higher Earnings for Verisk Analytics

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) – William Blair boosted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Verisk Analytics in a research note issued on Wednesday, May 7th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.78 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.77. The consensus estimate for Verisk Analytics’ current full-year earnings is $6.63 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Verisk Analytics’ FY2025 earnings at $7.03 EPS.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 7th. The business services provider reported $1.73 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.68 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $753.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $750.31 million. Verisk Analytics had a return on equity of 274.13% and a net margin of 32.65%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.63 earnings per share.

A number of other brokerages have also recently weighed in on VRSK. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $280.00 to $297.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $325.00 to $321.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 27th. UBS Group upped their target price on Verisk Analytics from $295.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $335.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 8th. Finally, Bank of America began coverage on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, April 10th. They issued an “underperform” rating and a $280.00 target price on the stock. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Verisk Analytics has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $302.40.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

VRSK stock opened at $303.65 on Monday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $292.43 and a 200 day moving average price of $287.24. The stock has a market cap of $42.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.37, a PEG ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 0.89. Verisk Analytics has a fifty-two week low of $245.01 and a fifty-two week high of $312.82. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.36.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 13th will be given a $0.45 dividend. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 13th. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is 26.35%.

Verisk Analytics announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, February 26th that allows the company to buyback $1.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the business services provider to repurchase up to 2.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 1,179 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $285.86, for a total value of $337,028.94. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 13,786 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,940,865.96. The trade was a 7.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CAO David J. Grover sold 5,705 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $307.68, for a total value of $1,755,314.40. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 12,937 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,980,456.16. This trade represents a 30.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 8,363 shares of company stock worth $2,529,187. 0.46% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Verisk Analytics

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. lifted its position in Verisk Analytics by 1.1% in the first quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 3,175 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $945,000 after buying an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. Bennett Selby Investments LP lifted its position in Verisk Analytics by 3.1% in the first quarter. Bennett Selby Investments LP now owns 1,208 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $359,000 after buying an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Private Trust Co. NA lifted its position in Verisk Analytics by 10.2% in the first quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 389 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $116,000 after buying an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Dorsey & Whitney Trust CO LLC lifted its position in Verisk Analytics by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Dorsey & Whitney Trust CO LLC now owns 1,213 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $334,000 after buying an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Frank Rimerman Advisors LLC increased its stake in Verisk Analytics by 3.3% during the first quarter. Frank Rimerman Advisors LLC now owns 1,177 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $350,000 after purchasing an additional 38 shares during the period. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Verisk Analytics

Verisk Analytics, Inc provides data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance markets in the United States and internationally. It offers policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and various underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization; property- and auto- specific rating and underwriting information solutions that allows clients to understand, quantify, underwrite, mitigate, and avoid potential loss for risks; catastrophe modeling solutions, which enables companies to identify, quantify, and plan for the financial consequences of catastrophes for use by insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and governments.