Legal & General Group Plc Invests $205.09 Million in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Legal & General Group Plc acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 1,142,382 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $205,092,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 1.1% in 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 in the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP lifted its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 39.6% in the 1st quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 11,931 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $3,551,000 after buying an additional 3,385 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 114.4% in 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 in the last quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina grew its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 52.2% during the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 135,876 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $42,325,000 after acquiring an additional 46,603 shares during the period. Finally, Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter worth $28,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Evercore set a $223.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, June 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Bank of America dropped their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $236.27.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Lee Shavel sold 3,535 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $196.94, for a total transaction of $696,182.90. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 98,490 shares in the company, valued at approximately $19,396,620.60. This trade represents a 3.46% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a 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 Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total value of $71,980.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 18,384 shares in the company, valued at $3,308,200.80. This trade represents a 2.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 22,227 shares of company stock valued at $4,174,599. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Stock Down 0.3%

VRSK opened at $187.87 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.67. The business has a 50-day moving average of $188.60 and a two-hundred day moving average of $185.26. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 12 month low of $155.94 and a 12 month high of $273.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 1.01.

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

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.