Boston Trust Walden Corp Grows Stock Holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Boston Trust Walden Corp grew its stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 15.9% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 51,214 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,029 shares during the quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $9,718,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Ameriflex Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the third quarter valued at about $25,000. Board of the Pension Protection Fund purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Finally, Reflection Asset Management acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

VRSK has been the topic of several research reports. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 target price on Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, June 18th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Bank of America cut their price target on Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, March 30th. One research 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 given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $234.87.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 4,671 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.21, for a total transaction of $851,102.91. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 69,098 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,590,346.58. The trade was a 6.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction on Monday, June 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total value of $408,776.64. Following the sale, the director directly owned 15,868 shares in the company, valued at $2,776,741.32. The trade was a 12.83% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 16,907 shares of company stock valued at $2,994,338 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Verisk Analytics stock opened at $188.35 on Friday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1 year low of $155.94 and a 1 year high of $308.19. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $176.18 and its 200-day moving average is $192.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.02. The company has a market cap of $24.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.67, a PEG ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.69.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $782.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.73 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is currently 30.44%.

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.