Q3 EPS Estimate for Verisk Analytics Reduced by Analyst

Key Points

• Analysts at William Blair have reduced Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Verisk Analytics from $1.77 to $1.65.
• Verisk Analytics reported $1.88 earnings per share for the last quarter, exceeding the consensus estimate by $0.11, and had a revenue increase of 7.8% year-over-year.
• The company will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.45 on September 30, representing a yield of 0.7% and a payout ratio of 27.73%.

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK - Free Report) - Investment analysts at William Blair cut their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Verisk Analytics in a research report issued on Thursday, July 31st. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now expects that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.65 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.77. The consensus estimate for Verisk Analytics' current full-year earnings is $6.63 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Verisk Analytics' Q4 2025 earnings at $1.63 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $6.91 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.82 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.97 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.94 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.96 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.69 EPS.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The business services provider reported $1.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.11. Verisk Analytics had a return on equity of 460.89% and a net margin of 30.67%. The company had revenue of $772.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $767.91 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.74 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was up 7.8% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other research firms also recently issued reports on VRSK. UBS Group lowered their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $300.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $317.00 to $319.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $335.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. Finally, Bank of America initiated coverage on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, April 10th. They issued an "underperform" rating and a $280.00 target price on the stock. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $304.56.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Verisk Analytics stock opened at $271.89 on Monday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $305.41 and a 200-day moving average of $297.55. Verisk Analytics has a 1 year low of $259.22 and a 1 year high of $322.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.34, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 1.53. The company has a market capitalization of $37.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.89, a P/E/G ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 0.83.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th will be issued a $0.45 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Verisk Analytics's dividend payout ratio is presently 27.73%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Verisk Analytics news, CAO David J. Grover sold 5,705 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $307.68, for a total transaction of $1,755,314.40. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 12,937 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,980,456.16. This represents a 30.60% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 5,419 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $300.86, for a total transaction of $1,630,360.34. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 55,913 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $16,821,985.18. This trade represents a 8.84% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 28,825 shares of company stock valued at $8,947,730 over the last three months. Insiders own 0.46% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Verisk Analytics

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of VRSK. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 1st quarter worth approximately $508,611,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 631.0% during the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,415,439 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $422,676,000 after buying an additional 1,221,798 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 36,332.8% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,204,468 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $358,474,000 after buying an additional 1,201,162 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. grew its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 36.0% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,251,051 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $669,958,000 after buying an additional 596,225 shares during the period. Finally, UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC grew its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 35.6% during the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 1,653,727 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $492,182,000 after buying an additional 434,053 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company's stock.

Verisk Analytics Company 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.

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