Wealthfront Advisers LLC Increases Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 35.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 31,593 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 8,222 shares during the quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $7,067,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. M&T Bank Corp grew its position in Verisk Analytics by 23.9% in the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 19,591 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $4,382,000 after acquiring an additional 3,784 shares in the last quarter. Middleton & Co. Inc. MA grew its position in Verisk Analytics by 10.6% in the fourth quarter. Middleton & Co. Inc. MA now owns 45,276 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $10,128,000 after acquiring an additional 4,355 shares in the last quarter. Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers LLC grew its position in Verisk Analytics by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers LLC now owns 62,381 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $13,954,000 after acquiring an additional 2,157 shares in the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC grew its position in Verisk Analytics by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 22,013 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $4,924,000 after acquiring an additional 753 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Resonant Capital Advisors LLC grew its position in Verisk Analytics by 28.9% in the fourth quarter. Resonant Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,419 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $317,000 after acquiring an additional 318 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In other news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $171.57, for a total transaction of $68,628.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 19,984 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,428,654.88. This represents a 1.96% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Christopher John Perry purchased 1,000 shares of the firm’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 of the company’s stock, valued at $538,920. This represents a 50.15% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently issued reports on VRSK. Robert W. Baird set a $230.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $260.00 to $220.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Raymond James Financial upgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $215.00 to $260.00 in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $239.00 to $206.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target 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. One 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $237.20.

Key Stories Impacting Verisk Analytics

Here are the key news stories impacting Verisk Analytics this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 results beat expectations — Verisk reported $1.82 EPS vs. consensus ~ $1.74 and revenue of $782.6M, above estimates; management cited strong demand for its analytics products, which helped margins and drove year?over?year revenue growth. Verisk beats first-quarter estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Underwriting and claims analytics were highlighted as growth drivers and contributed to operating?leverage benefits and margin expansion—an operational beat that supports near?term profitability. Zacks: Q1 earnings top estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50/share (yield ~1.1%), signaling confidence in cash flow and returning capital to shareholders (record June 15; payable June 30).
• Neutral Sentiment: FY?2026 EPS guidance set to $7.45–$7.75 — roughly in line with consensus on the midpoint but slightly conservative versus some analysts’ expectations; guidance keeps visibility but limits upside surprise potential. Company release: Q1 results & guidance
• Neutral Sentiment: Verisk completed a divestiture of its Marketing Solutions unit (acquired earlier by ActiveProspect and rebranded InfutorData). That reduces non?core exposure and sharpens focus on insurance analytics, but removes a revenue slice—impact depends on how proceeds are redeployed. PRNewswire: Marketing Solutions rebrand/sale
• Negative Sentiment: Market commentary raises concerns about slower organic growth and how AI investments will change the investment case; these thematic questions could cap multiple expansion despite solid near?term results. Yahoo: Investment story shifting with AI and slower growth concerns

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Verisk Analytics stock opened at $188.19 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $190.17 and a 200-day moving average of $207.42. The firm has a market cap of $24.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.00, a P/E/G ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.82. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $161.70 and a 1-year high of $322.92.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $782.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $771.33 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.56% and a return on equity of 357.00%. Verisk Analytics’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.73 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, February 18th that authorizes the company to repurchase $2.50 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the business services provider to repurchase up to 10.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is currently 30.82%.

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.