Trillium Asset Management LLC Purchases New Shares in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Key Points

• Trillium Asset Management acquired 97,991 Verisk Analytics shares worth approximately $17.6 million, while institutional investors collectively own 90% of the stock.
• Verisk beat quarterly expectations with $1.98 in EPS and $806.3 million in revenue, up 4.3% year over year. The company also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share, implying a 1.1% yield.
• Analysts maintain a consensus “Hold” rating with an average price target of $236.27, compared with the stock’s reported price of $187.68; insiders sold 22,227 shares worth about $4.17 million during the quarter.

Trillium Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 97,991 shares of the business services provider's stock, valued at approximately $17,593,000. Trillium Asset Management LLC owned approximately 0.08% of Verisk Analytics as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VRSK. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in Verisk Analytics by 1.1% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 4,232 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $1,259,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 39.6% during the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 11,931 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $3,551,000 after purchasing an additional 3,385 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 114.4% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 253 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $75,000 after purchasing an additional 135 shares during the last quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 52.2% in the 2nd quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 135,876 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $42,325,000 after purchasing an additional 46,603 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Osterweis Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics

In other news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total transaction of $71,980.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 18,384 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,308,200.80. The trade was a 2.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,020 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $195.49, for a total value of $394,889.80. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 11,516 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,251,262.84. The trade was a 14.92% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders sold 22,227 shares of company stock valued at $4,174,599. 0.52% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 0.7%

NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $187.68 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $187.91 and a 200-day simple moving average of $185.45. 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 company has a market cap of $24.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.83, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.09 and a beta of 0.67. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $155.94 and a twelve month high of $274.78.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 company had revenue of $806.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $804.02 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.88 EPS. The firm's revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 30.72%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. BMO Capital Markets reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Evercore set a $223.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Company 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.

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