Freestone Grove Partners LP Acquires New Shares in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Freestone Grove Partners LP bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 63,976 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $11,486,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VRSK. XXEC Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter valued at about $992,675,000. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth approximately $1,852,678,000. Capital International Investors increased its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 1,200.9% in the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 3,264,323 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $730,196,000 after buying an additional 3,013,400 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in Verisk Analytics during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $346,457,000. Finally, Jupiter Topco LLC bought a new position in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter valued at approximately $266,201,000. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 4,671 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.21, for a total value of $851,102.91. Following 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 transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,020 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $195.49, for a total value of $394,889.80. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,516 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,251,262.84. This represents a 14.92% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 22,227 shares of company stock valued at $4,174,599 in the last quarter. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Shares of Verisk Analytics stock opened at $191.02 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $188.94 and a 200-day simple moving average of $185.34. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.34, a PEG ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 0.67. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $155.94 and a 1-year high of $273.83.

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

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have commented on VRSK shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted 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. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Evercore set a $223.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $236.27.

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.