ABN Amro Investment Solutions Has $22.78 Million Stock Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

ABN Amro Investment Solutions lowered its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 2.3% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 120,052 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 2,847 shares during the period. ABN Amro Investment Solutions’ holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $22,780,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VRSK. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter valued at $28,000. Reflection Asset Management acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at $31,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 141.7% in the 4th quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 145 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 85 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

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

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total value of $408,776.64. Following the sale, the director directly owned 15,868 shares in the company, valued at $2,776,741.32. This trade represents a 12.83% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total transaction of $63,688.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 19,584 shares in the company, valued at $3,118,164.48. This represents a 2.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 16,507 shares of company stock valued at $2,925,710 in the last ninety days. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Verisk Analytics Stock Down 3.2%

NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $195.25 on Wednesday. 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 12-month low of $155.94 and a 12-month high of $303.13. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $180.30 and its 200-day simple moving average is $189.95. The firm has a market capitalization of $25.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.72, a P/E/G ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 0.69.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 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 prior year, the company posted $1.73 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

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

Verisk Analytics 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.