Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd as trustee for Retail Employees Superannuation Trust Takes Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Key Points

• Retail Employees Superannuation Trust opened a new position in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter, buying 43,882 shares worth about $9.8 million. The stake now represents about 2.6% of its holdings and is its 16th-largest position.
• Verisk recently posted better-than-expected quarterly results, reporting EPS of $1.82 versus estimates of $1.76 and revenue of $782.6 million, while also raising its FY2026 EPS guidance to 7.45–7.75.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share and a $2.5 billion share repurchase program, even as several insiders, including a director and the CFO, sold shares in recent weeks.

Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd as trustee for Retail Employees Superannuation Trust bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 43,882 shares of the business services provider's stock, valued at approximately $9,816,000. Verisk Analytics makes up about 2.6% of Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd as trustee for Retail Employees Superannuation Trust's holdings, making the stock its 16th biggest holding.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Ameriflex Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the third quarter valued at about $25,000. Board of the Pension Protection Fund acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at about $31,000. Finally, Elevation Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at about $48,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Raymond James Financial upgraded Verisk Analytics from an "outperform" rating to a "strong-buy" rating and increased their target price for the company from $215.00 to $260.00 in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $239.00 to $206.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. BMO Capital Markets restated an "outperform" rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Capital One Financial set a $224.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $237.20.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Shares of Verisk Analytics stock opened at $171.50 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $22.47 billion, a PE ratio of 26.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 0.72. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $178.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $199.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.02. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1 year low of $155.94 and a 1 year high of $322.92.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $782.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $771.62 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.34% and a negative return on equity of 2,405.75%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.73 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Verisk Analytics's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 30.44%.

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

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 2,335 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $171.51, for a total value of $400,475.85. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 15,868 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,721,520.68. This trade represents a 12.83% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total value of $63,688.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 19,584 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,118,164.48. The trade was a 2.00% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 3,535 shares of company stock valued at $614,676. Insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

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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