Insight Wealth Strategies LLC Grows Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Key Points

• Insight Wealth Strategies LLC increased its stake in Verisk Analytics by 49.2% in Q4, now owning 20,901 shares valued at about $4.675 million, and roughly 90% of VRSK is held by institutional investors and hedge funds.
• Verisk beat quarterly expectations with $1.82 EPS (vs. $1.60 est.) on $778.8M revenue, set FY2026 guidance of $7.45–$7.75 EPS, and authorized a $2.50 billion share buyback (up to 10.1% of shares) while raising its quarterly dividend to $0.50 ($2.00 annual, ~1.0% yield).

Insight Wealth Strategies LLC grew its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK - Free Report) by 49.2% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 20,901 shares of the business services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 6,891 shares during the period. Insight Wealth Strategies LLC's holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $4,675,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Aquatic Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 295.8% in the third quarter. Aquatic Capital Management LLC now owns 20,148 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $5,067,000 after purchasing an additional 15,058 shares during the period. Jensen Investment Management Inc. grew its position in Verisk Analytics by 50.7% during the third quarter. Jensen Investment Management Inc. now owns 424,645 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $106,802,000 after buying an additional 142,911 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its position in Verisk Analytics by 6.5% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,196,460 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $300,931,000 after buying an additional 73,026 shares during the period. Allstate Corp purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics in the third quarter valued at about $1,256,000. Finally, NEOS Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 77.0% in the third quarter. NEOS Investment Management LLC now owns 59,083 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $14,860,000 after buying an additional 25,712 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In other news, Director Christopher John Perry bought 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $180.00 per share, with a total value of $180,000.00. Following the purchase, the director owned 2,994 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $538,920. The trade was a 50.15% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Company insiders own 0.46% of the company's stock.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of VRSK stock opened at $204.47 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $28.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.51, a PEG ratio of 2.55 and a beta of 0.81. The company has a current ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $203.42 and a 200 day moving average price of $222.40. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $164.60 and a twelve month high of $322.92.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.60 by $0.22. The company had revenue of $778.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $773.74 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.56% and a return on equity of 357.00%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.61 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.75 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, February 18th that allows the company to buyback $2.50 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the business services provider to buy up to 10.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Verisk Analytics Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. This is an increase from Verisk Analytics's previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. Verisk Analytics's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 30.82%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on VRSK shares. UBS Group set a $224.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Robert W. Baird set a $230.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $250.00 to $230.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Verisk Analytics from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Sunday, January 25th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $230.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $237.20.

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.

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