What is Zacks Research’s Forecast for VRSK FY2025 Earnings?

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) – Zacks Research decreased their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Verisk Analytics in a report issued on Wednesday, November 19th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the business services provider will earn $6.90 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $6.91. The consensus estimate for Verisk Analytics’ current full-year earnings is $6.63 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Verisk Analytics’ Q4 2025 earnings at $1.57 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.77 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.86 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $7.47 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $8.31 EPS.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The business services provider reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.70 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $768.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $776.04 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 30.42% and a return on equity of 425.42%. The company’s revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.67 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS.

VRSK has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $334.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Seaport Res Ptn raised shares of Verisk Analytics to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. Rothschild Redb cut shares of Verisk Analytics from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Thursday, October 16th. Finally, Wolfe Research initiated coverage on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $320.00 target price on the stock. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $282.14.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of NASDAQ VRSK opened at $224.87 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $31.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.55, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 1.53. The business has a 50-day moving average of $235.17 and a two-hundred day moving average of $273.62. Verisk Analytics has a 1 year low of $196.99 and a 1 year high of $322.92.

Institutional Trading of Verisk Analytics

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VRSK. UMB Bank n.a. lifted its position in Verisk Analytics by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 9,017 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,809,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the period. NBT Bank N A NY raised its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 11.4% during the second quarter. NBT Bank N A NY now owns 341 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $106,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. Tranquility Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.1% during the second quarter. Tranquility Partners LLC now owns 3,231 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,006,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares during the period. Frank Rimerman Advisors LLC grew its position in Verisk Analytics by 3.3% in the 1st quarter. Frank Rimerman Advisors LLC now owns 1,177 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $350,000 after buying an additional 38 shares during the last quarter. Finally, EWA LLC increased its stake in Verisk Analytics by 3.6% in the 2nd quarter. EWA LLC now owns 1,105 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $344,000 after buying an additional 38 shares during the period. 90.00% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics

In other Verisk Analytics news, CEO Lee Shavel sold 1,100 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction on Monday, November 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.99, for a total value of $238,689.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 77,807 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,883,340.93. The trade was a 1.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Gregory Hendrick bought 500 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 31st. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $216.14 per share, with a total value of $108,070.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 2,536 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $548,131.04. The trade was a 24.56% increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders bought 1,450 shares of company stock valued at $314,663 and sold 7,420 shares valued at $1,889,171. 0.46% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 15th will be issued a $0.45 dividend. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is presently 27.44%.

About Verisk Analytics

Verisk Analytics, Inc provides data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance markets in the United States and internationally. It offers policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and various underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization; property- and auto- specific rating and underwriting information solutions that allows clients to understand, quantify, underwrite, mitigate, and avoid potential loss for risks; catastrophe modeling solutions, which enables companies to identify, quantify, and plan for the financial consequences of catastrophes for use by insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and governments.