18,458 Shares in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Purchased by Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.

Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm acquired 18,458 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $3,314,000.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VRSK. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Reflection Asset Management bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter worth $31,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 141.7% during the 4th quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 145 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 85 shares during the period. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 15,868 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,776,741.32. This represents a 12.83% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total value of $71,980.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 18,384 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,308,200.80. This trade represents a 2.13% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 22,227 shares of company stock worth $4,174,599 in the last ninety days. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Evercore set a $223.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 target price on Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, July 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Shares of VRSK stock opened at $187.68 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.01. The company has a market capitalization of $24.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 0.67. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $187.91 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $185.45. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $155.94 and a 52 week high of $274.78.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.93 by $0.05. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 28.24% and a negative return on equity of 239.55%. The firm had revenue of $806.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $804.02 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.88 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 4.3% on a year-over-year basis. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is currently 30.72%.

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.