What is Seaport Res Ptn's Forecast for VRSK Q3 Earnings?

Key Points

• Seaport Res Ptn forecasts Verisk Analytics will report $1.74 earnings per share for Q3 2025, maintaining a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock.
• In its last earnings report, Verisk Analytics beat estimates with $1.88 EPS, showing a 7.8% increase in quarterly revenue year-over-year.
• The company recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share with a projected annual yield of 0.7% based on a payout ratio of 27.73%.

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK - Free Report) - Analysts at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Verisk Analytics in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, October 1st. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Mazzoni forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.74 per share for the quarter. Seaport Res Ptn has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Verisk Analytics' current full-year earnings is $6.63 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Verisk Analytics' Q4 2025 earnings at $1.69 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.05 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.92 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.06 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.01 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.99 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $7.99 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.17 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $2.33 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $2.26 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $9.00 EPS.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $767.91 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.74 earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS.

VRSK has been the subject of several other research reports. UBS Group lowered their price target on Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $300.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Verisk Analytics from $317.00 to $319.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Wolfe Research started coverage on Verisk Analytics in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $320.00 price target for the company. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on Verisk Analytics from $340.00 to $334.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, September 17th. Finally, Raymond James Financial set a $315.00 price target on Verisk Analytics and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, August 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $311.00.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

VRSK opened at $247.43 on Friday. The business's 50-day moving average is $263.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $288.40. Verisk Analytics has a 1 year low of $239.83 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 firm has a market capitalization of $34.57 billion, a PE ratio of 38.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.54 and a beta of 0.85.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 0.6% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 125,885 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $39,213,000 after acquiring an additional 728 shares in the last quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 33.3% during the second quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 952 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $296,000 after acquiring an additional 238 shares in the last quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 50.6% during the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 15,454 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $4,805,000 after acquiring an additional 5,194 shares in the last quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 6.3% during the second quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 13,149 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $4,096,000 after acquiring an additional 781 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 6.1% during the second quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 106,308 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $33,115,000 after acquiring an additional 6,097 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In related news, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 5,420 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $265.00, for a total transaction of $1,436,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 54,337 shares of the company's stock, valued at $14,399,305. The trade was a 9.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Christopher John Perry purchased 1,000 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 13th. The shares were bought at an average price of $259.80 per share, with a total value of $259,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 1,773 shares of the company's stock, valued at $460,625.40. This represents a 129.37% increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 8,520 shares of company stock worth $2,273,891. 0.46% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 15th were issued a dividend of $0.45 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Verisk Analytics's payout ratio is 27.73%.

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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