Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Shares Purchased by Assetmark Inc.

Assetmark Inc. boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 52.6% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 71,866 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 24,774 shares during the quarter. Assetmark Inc.’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $13,636,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Capital International Investors grew its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1,200.9% in the 4th 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 period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $346,457,000. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 334.5% in the third 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 last quarter. UBS Group AG lifted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 114.3% in the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 987,011 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $248,243,000 after acquiring an additional 526,508 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its position in Verisk Analytics by 115.4% in the third quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 874,918 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $220,051,000 after acquiring an additional 468,782 shares during the period. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total value of $408,776.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 15,868 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,776,741.32. This trade represents a 12.83% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 6,765 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.63, for a total value of $1,201,666.95. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 69,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,273,877.74. This represents a 8.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 16,507 shares of company stock valued at $2,925,710 in the last three months. 0.52% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Verisk Analytics stock opened at $200.68 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52-week low of $155.94 and a 52-week high of $304.29. The firm has a market cap of $26.29 billion, a PE ratio of 30.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 0.69. The company’s 50 day moving average is $179.05 and its two-hundred day moving average is $190.31.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.06. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.34% and a negative return on equity of 2,405.75%. The business had revenue of $782.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $771.62 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.73 earnings per share. 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. On average, research analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is presently 30.44%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

VRSK has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 target price on Verisk Analytics and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Weiss Ratings cut Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Thursday, May 14th. Bank of America cut their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Monday, March 30th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $234.87.

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.