Hsbc Holdings PLC Sells 6,684 Shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Hsbc Holdings PLC cut its stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 1.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 387,324 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 6,684 shares during the quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $86,732,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VRSK. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 6,076,730 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,359,304,000 after purchasing an additional 88,300 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its stake in Verisk Analytics by 3.1% in 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 during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,121,219 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $923,576,000 after purchasing an additional 36,194 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 10.2% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,914,224 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $875,574,000 after purchasing an additional 362,050 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital International Investors lifted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1,200.9% during the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 3,264,323 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $730,196,000 after buying an additional 3,013,400 shares during the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Shares of VRSK stock opened at $188.35 on Friday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $155.94 and a fifty-two week high of $308.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.02. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.67, a PEG ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.69. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $176.18 and its 200-day simple moving average is $192.43.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $782.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $771.62 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.34% and a negative return on equity of 2,405.75%. Verisk Analytics’s revenue was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.73 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 30.44%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 6,765 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.63, for a total transaction of $1,201,666.95. Following the sale, the director directly owned 69,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,273,877.74. The trade was a 8.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total value of $63,688.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 19,584 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,118,164.48. The trade was a 2.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 16,907 shares of company stock valued at $2,994,338. Insiders own 0.52% 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.