Bronte Capital Management Pty Ltd. Acquires New Holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Bronte Capital Management Pty Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 2,902 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $551,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VRSK. Capital International Investors raised its holdings 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. Norges Bank bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter worth approximately $346,457,000. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in Verisk Analytics by 334.5% in the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 754,548 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $188,237,000 after acquiring an additional 580,885 shares during the period. Squarepoint Ops LLC increased its position in Verisk Analytics by 1,879.0% in the 3rd quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 566,235 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $142,414,000 after acquiring an additional 537,623 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP raised its stake in Verisk Analytics by 232.3% during the 3rd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 760,599 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $191,298,000 after acquiring an additional 531,713 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Capital One Financial set a $224.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, 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. One investment 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 issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $234.87.

Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics

In other news, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 4,671 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.21, for a total transaction of $851,102.91. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 69,098 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,590,346.58. This trade represents a 6.33% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total transaction of $408,776.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 15,868 shares in the company, valued at $2,776,741.32. This represents a 12.83% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 16,907 shares of company stock valued at $2,994,338. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VRSK opened at $188.35 on Friday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1 year low of $155.94 and a 1 year high of $308.19. The firm has a market cap of $24.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.67, a PEG ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 0.69. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $175.99 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $192.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.02.

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

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The firm 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. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is presently 30.44%.

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.