First Trust Advisors LP Has $36.36 Million Stock Holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

First Trust Advisors LP trimmed its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 24.4% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 191,624 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 62,010 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $36,361,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VRSK. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in Verisk Analytics by 1.1% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 4,232 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,259,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the period. Nicolet Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 3.5% during the third quarter. Nicolet Advisory Services LLC now owns 1,377 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $339,000 after purchasing an additional 47 shares during the period. Legacy Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Legacy Advisors LLC now owns 1,295 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $290,000 after purchasing an additional 48 shares during the period. Essex Bank boosted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Essex Bank now owns 12,388 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,771,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Net Worth Advisory Group boosted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 5.1% during the fourth quarter. Net Worth Advisory Group now owns 1,151 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $257,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on VRSK shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Bank of America decreased their price target on Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price target on Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 18th. Weiss Ratings lowered Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, April 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $234.87.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

NASDAQ VRSK opened at $206.66 on Tuesday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $155.94 and a 1-year high of $300.93. The company has a 50 day moving average of $183.12 and a 200-day moving average of $189.30. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The firm has a market cap of $27.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.46, a PEG ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 0.69.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced its 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. The business had revenue of $782.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $771.62 million. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 2,405.75% and a net margin of 29.34%.Verisk Analytics’s revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.73 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics

In other Verisk Analytics news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction on Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total value of $63,688.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 19,584 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,118,164.48. The trade was a 2.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on 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 directly owned 15,868 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,776,741.32. This represents a 12.83% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders sold 16,507 shares of company stock worth $2,925,710. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.