One Wealth Advisors LLC Sells 1,131 Shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK)

One Wealth Advisors LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK - Free Report) by 58.0% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 819 shares of the business services provider's stock after selling 1,131 shares during the quarter. One Wealth Advisors LLC's holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $244,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 16.4% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 108,103 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $29,775,000 after acquiring an additional 15,233 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp boosted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 9.4% in the fourth quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp now owns 100,928 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $27,799,000 after acquiring an additional 8,638 shares during the period. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.9% in the fourth quarter. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. now owns 2,784 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $767,000 after acquiring an additional 51 shares during the period. Korea Investment CORP boosted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 74.1% in the fourth quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 80,629 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $22,208,000 after acquiring an additional 34,309 shares during the period. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 8.1% in the fourth quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 232,529 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $64,243,000 after acquiring an additional 17,519 shares during the period. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

VRSK has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Bank of America initiated coverage on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, April 10th. They issued an "underperform" rating and a $280.00 target price on the stock. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $295.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, May 12th. Finally, Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $335.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, May 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $302.40.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other news, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 326 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.86, for a total value of $98,080.36. Following the sale, the insider owned 9,319 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,803,714.34. This represents a 3.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 5,419 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.86, for a total transaction of $1,630,360.34. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 55,913 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,821,985.18. This represents a 8.84% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 28,825 shares of company stock valued at $8,947,730 over the last quarter. 0.46% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Verisk Analytics stock traded up $1.87 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $297.96. 602,534 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 954,984. The company has a market cap of $41.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.63, a PEG ratio of 3.76 and a beta of 0.86. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $308.47 and a two-hundred day moving average of $297.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.13. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 12-month low of $257.59 and a 12-month high of $322.92.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The business services provider reported $1.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.68 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $753.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $750.31 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 33.13% and a return on equity of 396.08%. Verisk Analytics's revenue was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.63 earnings per share. Equities analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 30th. Investors of record on Friday, June 13th were paid a dividend of $0.45 per share. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.60%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 13th. Verisk Analytics's payout ratio is 26.35%.

Verisk Analytics Profile

Verisk Analytics, Inc provides data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance markets in the United States and internationally. It offers policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and various underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization; property- and auto- specific rating and underwriting information solutions that allows clients to understand, quantify, underwrite, mitigate, and avoid potential loss for risks; catastrophe modeling solutions, which enables companies to identify, quantify, and plan for the financial consequences of catastrophes for use by insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and governments.