35,271 Shares in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Bought by Cibc World Market Inc.

Cibc World Market Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund purchased 35,271 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $6,332,000.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VRSK. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth about $28,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Reflection Asset Management purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Titan Wealth CI Ltd acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other news, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,020 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $195.49, for a total value of $394,889.80. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 11,516 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,251,262.84. The trade was a 14.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total value of $71,980.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 18,384 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,308,200.80. The trade was a 2.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 22,227 shares of company stock worth $4,174,599 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on VRSK shares. Evercore set a $223.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Bank of America cut their price target on Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $188.49 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 1.01. The firm has a market cap of $24.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.12 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $188.34 and a 200-day moving average price of $185.23. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $155.94 and a 1-year high of $273.83.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.93 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $806.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $804.02 million. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 239.55% and a net margin of 28.24%.Verisk Analytics’s quarterly revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.88 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is 30.72%.

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.