Verisk Analytics (VRSK) Expected to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK - Get Free Report) is expected to release its Q2 2025 earnings data before the market opens on Wednesday, July 30th. Analysts expect Verisk Analytics to post earnings of $1.77 per share and revenue of $767.91 million for the quarter. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.100 EPS.

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

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 0.6%

VRSK stock traded up $1.87 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $297.96. 602,534 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 954,984. The stock's fifty day moving average price is $308.47 and its 200-day moving average price is $297.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 26.13, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a current ratio of 1.27. The company has a market cap of $41.68 billion, a PE ratio of 43.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.76 and a beta of 0.86. Verisk Analytics has a one year low of $257.59 and a one year high of $322.92.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 5,419 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $300.86, for a total value of $1,630,360.34. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 55,913 shares in the company, valued at $16,821,985.18. The trade was a 8.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 11,656 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $313.06, for a total value of $3,649,027.36. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 67,244 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,051,406.64. This trade represents a 14.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 28,825 shares of company stock valued at $8,947,730. Corporate insiders own 0.46% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Verisk Analytics

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of VRSK. Woodline Partners LP raised its holdings 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 worth $3,551,000 after acquiring an additional 3,385 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its holdings 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 114.4% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 253 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $75,000 after acquiring an additional 135 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. UBS Group lifted their target price on Verisk Analytics from $295.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, May 12th. Bank of America assumed coverage on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, April 10th. They set an "underperform" rating and a $280.00 target price on the stock. Finally, Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $335.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, May 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $302.40.

About Verisk Analytics

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.