Liontrust Investment Partners LLP Decreases Holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Liontrust Investment Partners LLP cut its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 10.3% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 154,034 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 17,628 shares during the period. Liontrust Investment Partners LLP’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $29,228,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VRSK. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 6.8% in the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,239 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $235,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the period. Quantinno Capital Management LP raised its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 117.5% during the 1st quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 168,539 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $31,980,000 after buying an additional 91,038 shares during the period. Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 1st quarter valued at $8,049,000. Westport Asset Management Inc. bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the first quarter worth $1,613,000. Finally, OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp lifted its position in Verisk Analytics by 29.0% in the first quarter. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp now owns 6,760 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,283,000 after buying an additional 1,521 shares during the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other 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 transaction, the director directly owned 15,868 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $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 can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total value of $63,688.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 19,584 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,118,164.48. The trade was a 2.00% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 16,507 shares of company stock worth $2,925,710 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

More Verisk Analytics News

Here are the key news stories impacting Verisk Analytics this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo raised its price target for VRSK from $240 to $260 and maintained an “overweight” rating, implying substantial upside from recent trading levels. Benzinga
• Positive Sentiment: Verisk acquired McKenzie Intelligence Services, a geospatial intelligence and catastrophe-response company. The deal should strengthen Verisk’s real-time damage assessment and event-response capabilities for insurers. Verisk Acquires McKenzie Intelligence Services
• Positive Sentiment: Second-quarter revenue increased 4.3% year over year to $806 million, or 5.8% on an organic constant-currency basis. Adjusted EPS of $1.98 exceeded estimates near $1.93, supported by insurance-related subscription growth, Underwriting and Claims gains, and cost discipline. Verisk Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
• Neutral Sentiment: Verisk declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share, payable September 30 to shareholders of record September 15. The annualized yield is approximately 0.9%, providing modest shareholder support.
• Negative Sentiment: Net income fell 9.8% year over year to $229 million, limiting the impact of the revenue and EPS beats. Quarterly Results
• Negative Sentiment: Fiscal 2026 EPS guidance of $7.45–$7.75 has a midpoint below the roughly $7.66–$7.64 analyst expectation, while revenue guidance was broadly in line. This may have prompted profit-taking after the earnings release.
• Negative Sentiment: Chief Information Officer Nick Daffan is stepping down after two decades, with the chief technology officer serving as interim replacement. The transition creates some execution and leadership uncertainty.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have weighed in on VRSK. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday. Bank of America dropped their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

VRSK stock opened at $200.35 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $185.37 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $189.00. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $155.94 and a twelve month high of $281.82. The firm has a market cap of $26.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.78, a PEG ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 0.69.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.93 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $806.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $804.02 million. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 239.55% and a net margin of 28.24%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.88 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.66 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is 30.72%.

Verisk Analytics Profile

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.