C WorldWide Group Holding A S Buys 12,699 Shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

C WorldWide Group Holding A S increased its stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 30.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 54,045 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 12,699 shares during the quarter. C WorldWide Group Holding A S’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $10,255,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Board of the Pension Protection Fund acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Reflection Asset Management bought a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at about $31,000. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on VRSK shares. Bank of America dropped their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Weiss Ratings lowered Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Monday, March 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 assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $234.87.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $201.49 on Friday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a one year low of $155.94 and a one year high of $304.29. The company has a market cap of $26.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.67, a P/E/G ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 0.69. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $178.48 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $190.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 1.02.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $782.60 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $771.62 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.34% and a negative return on equity of 2,405.75%. Verisk Analytics’s quarterly revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.73 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is currently 30.44%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics

In other Verisk Analytics news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total transaction of $408,776.64. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 15,868 shares in the company, valued at $2,776,741.32. This trade represents a 12.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 6,765 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.63, for a total value of $1,201,666.95. Following the sale, the director owned 69,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,273,877.74. This represents a 8.92% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 16,507 shares of company stock valued at $2,925,710 in the last three months. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by company 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.