CSM Advisors LLC Buys 6,217 Shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

CSM Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 886.9% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,918 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 6,217 shares during the period. CSM Advisors LLC’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $1,740,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 2.1% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 17,241,327 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $4,336,366,000 after acquiring an additional 346,525 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 3.1% during the third quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 5,354,082 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,346,605,000 after purchasing an additional 158,791 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter valued at approximately $556,192,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 6.4% in the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,493,296 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $374,547,000 after purchasing an additional 89,193 shares during the period. Finally, Parnassus Investments LLC increased its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 31.8% in the third quarter. Parnassus Investments LLC now owns 1,492,715 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $375,433,000 after purchasing an additional 360,419 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

VRSK opened at $204.74 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $28.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.55, a PEG ratio of 2.52 and a beta of 0.81. The company has a fifty day moving average of $204.07 and a 200 day moving average of $222.98. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $164.60 and a fifty-two week high of $322.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 1.20.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.60 by $0.22. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.56% and a return on equity of 357.00%. The company had revenue of $778.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $773.74 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.61 EPS. Verisk Analytics’s revenue for the quarter 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. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a $0.50 dividend. This is an increase from Verisk Analytics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 30.82%.

Verisk Analytics announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, February 18th that permits the company to buyback $2.50 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the business services provider to purchase up to 10.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

VRSK has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $223.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on Verisk Analytics from $239.00 to $206.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Raymond James Financial upgraded Verisk Analytics from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $215.00 to $260.00 in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, Bank of America assumed coverage on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $205.00 price objective for the company. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $237.20.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other news, Director Christopher John Perry purchased 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $180.00 per share, with a total value of $180,000.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director owned 2,994 shares in the company, valued at approximately $538,920. This represents a 50.15% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

About Verisk Analytics

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.