Diversify Advisory Services LLC Buys New Holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Diversify Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 3,887 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $803,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VRSK. Wealthfront Advisers LLC bought a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the second quarter worth $10,416,000. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. bought a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter valued at about $869,000. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the second quarter valued at about $230,000. Grandfield & Dodd LLC bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth about $26,955,000. Finally, BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth about $1,852,678,000. 90.00% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics

In related news, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 6,765 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.63, for a total value of $1,201,666.95. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 69,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,273,877.74. This represents a 8.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 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 transaction of $71,980.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 18,384 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,308,200.80. The trade was a 2.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 22,227 shares of company stock worth $4,174,599. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have issued reports on VRSK shares. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, June 18th. Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of VRSK opened at $187.68 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.83, a PEG ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 1.01. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $155.94 and a 1-year high of $274.78. The company has a 50-day moving average of $187.91 and a 200 day moving average of $185.45.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 business had revenue of $806.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $804.02 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.88 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 4.3% 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 7.71 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

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

About Verisk Analytics

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.