Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Shares Sold by Grandfield & Dodd LLC

Grandfield & Dodd LLC cut its position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 2.6% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 138,120 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 3,655 shares during the period. Verisk Analytics accounts for approximately 1.7% of Grandfield & Dodd LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 17th biggest position. Grandfield & Dodd LLC’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $30,896,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VRSK. Ameriflex Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 3rd quarter valued at about $25,000. Board of the Pension Protection Fund acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at about $31,000. Finally, Elevation Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at about $48,000. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on VRSK. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $230.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Bank of America reduced their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. Raymond James Financial raised Verisk Analytics from an “outperform” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $215.00 to $260.00 in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Verisk Analytics has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $237.20.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,335 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $171.51, for a total transaction of $400,475.85. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 15,868 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,721,520.68. This represents a 12.83% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 19,584 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,118,164.48. This trade represents a 2.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 3,535 shares of company stock valued at $614,676. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 1.3%

VRSK opened at $174.99 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $177.59 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $199.44. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The company has a market cap of $22.93 billion, a PE ratio of 26.63, a P/E/G ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 0.72. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $155.94 and a 52 week high of $322.92.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $782.60 million during 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%.The firm’s revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.73 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid 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 of this dividend is Monday, June 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is 30.44%.

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

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.