Coastal Bridge Advisors LLC Invests $872,000 in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Coastal Bridge Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 4,856 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $872,000.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth $28,000. Reflection Asset Management acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the fourth quarter worth $31,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 141.7% during the fourth quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 145 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 85 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

VRSK has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price target on Verisk Analytics and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 1.7%

Verisk Analytics stock opened at $191.02 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.86 billion, a PE ratio of 29.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 0.67. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $155.94 and a twelve month high of $273.83. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The company has a 50 day moving average of $188.94 and a 200-day moving average of $185.34.

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

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is 30.72%.

Insider Activity

In other Verisk Analytics news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,336 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.99, for a total value of $408,776.64. Following the sale, the director owned 15,868 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,776,741.32. This trade represents a 12.83% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Lee Shavel sold 3,535 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $196.94, for a total value of $696,182.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 98,490 shares in the company, valued at approximately $19,396,620.60. This trade represents a 3.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 22,227 shares of company stock worth $4,174,599. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.