Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Shares Acquired by Barclays PLC

Barclays PLC increased its holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 35.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 861,921 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 226,142 shares during the quarter. Barclays PLC’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $216,782,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. AlphaCore Capital LLC acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the second quarter worth about $28,000. NewSquare Capital LLC raised its stake in Verisk Analytics by 69.0% during the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 98 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its position in Verisk Analytics by 62.7% during the 2nd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 109 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 42 shares during the period. Finally, Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $34,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Verisk Analytics news, Director Christopher John Perry acquired 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $180.00 per share, for a total transaction of $180,000.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director directly owned 2,994 shares in the company, valued at $538,920. The trade was a 50.15% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.54, for a total value of $65,862.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 14,265 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,131,738.10. The trade was a 2.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 1.7%

Shares of VRSK opened at $214.75 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $29.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 0.81. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $164.60 and a twelve month high of $322.92. The company has a current ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $206.44 and its 200 day simple moving average is $226.37.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $1.82 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $773.74 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.61 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly 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. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, February 18th that authorizes the company to buyback $2.50 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the business services provider to repurchase up to 10.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Verisk Analytics Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. This is a boost from Verisk Analytics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is presently 27.73%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Raymond James Financial raised Verisk Analytics from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $215.00 to $260.00 in a report on Monday, March 2nd. UBS Group set a $224.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Capital One Financial set a $224.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, December 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus 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.