R Squared Ltd Acquires Shares of 4,311 Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

R Squared Ltd bought a new position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 4,311 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,084,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 4,232 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,259,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP lifted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 39.6% in the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 11,931 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $3,551,000 after buying an additional 3,385 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 114.4% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 253 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $75,000 after buying an additional 135 shares during the last quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 0.3% during the second quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC now owns 20,982 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $6,536,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Finally, World Investment Advisors grew its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 23.9% during the 2nd quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 4,432 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,381,000 after buying an additional 856 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently issued reports on VRSK shares. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $250.00 to $230.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Barclays upgraded Verisk Analytics from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $310.00 to $275.00 in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Robert W. Baird set a $230.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Argus cut shares of Verisk Analytics from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 14th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $239.00 to $206.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $240.86.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $202.64 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $207.16 and a 200 day moving average of $228.56. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The company has a market capitalization of $27.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 0.79. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $164.60 and a 52 week high of $322.92.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.60 by $0.22. The business had revenue of $778.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $773.74 million. Verisk Analytics had a return on equity of 357.00% and a net margin of 29.56%.The business’s revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.61 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.75 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. This is a boost from Verisk Analytics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is presently 27.73%.

Verisk Analytics declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, February 18th that authorizes the company to buyback $2.50 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the business services provider to reacquire up to 10.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Christopher John Perry purchased 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $180.00 per share, for a total transaction of $180,000.00. Following the acquisition, the director owned 2,994 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $538,920. This represents a 50.15% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.54, for a total transaction of $65,862.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 14,265 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,131,738.10. This trade represents a 2.06% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Corporate insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

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.