Zacks Research Brokers Decrease Earnings Estimates for VRSK

Key Points

• Zacks Research has decreased its FY2025 earnings per share estimate for Verisk Analytics from $7.03 to $6.91, while the current full-year consensus is $6.63.
• Multiple analysts have adjusted their price targets for Verisk Analytics, with UBS Group lowering it to $300.00 and Robert W. Baird raising it to $335.00.
• Verisk Analytics announced a quarterly dividend of $0.45, set to be paid on September 30th, representing a 0.7% annualized yield.

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK - Free Report) - Research analysts at Zacks Research cut their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Verisk Analytics in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, August 20th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of $6.91 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $7.03. The consensus estimate for Verisk Analytics' current full-year earnings is $6.63 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Verisk Analytics' Q4 2025 earnings at $1.65 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently weighed in on VRSK. UBS Group cut their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $300.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $335.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $317.00 to $319.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Raymond James Financial set a $315.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $305.60.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Shares of Verisk Analytics stock opened at $271.06 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $290.86 and a 200-day moving average of $295.72. Verisk Analytics has a 1-year low of $259.01 and a 1-year high of $322.92. The company has a current ratio of 1.53, a quick ratio of 1.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.34. The company has a market cap of $37.87 billion, a PE ratio of 41.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.84 and a beta of 0.83.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The business services provider reported $1.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.77 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $772.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $767.91 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 30.67% and a return on equity of 460.89%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 7.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.74 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th will be paid a $0.45 dividend. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 27.73%.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In other Verisk Analytics news, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 11,656 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the director directly owned 67,244 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $21,051,406.64. This trade represents a 14.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 326 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.86, for a total transaction of $98,080.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 9,319 shares in the company, valued at $2,803,714.34. This trade represents a 3.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 25,620 shares of company stock valued at $7,862,427. Corporate insiders own 0.46% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.0% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 16,894,802 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $5,262,731,000 after buying an additional 161,213 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 0.5% in the first quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 5,235,090 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,558,067,000 after buying an additional 25,010 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 0.8% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,011,295 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,249,900,000 after buying an additional 33,213 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 36.0% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,251,051 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $669,958,000 after purchasing an additional 596,225 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at about $556,192,000. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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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