Zacks Research Issues Pessimistic Estimate for VRSK Earnings

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Verisk Analytics in a report issued on Wednesday, May 28th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $1.77 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.78. The consensus estimate for Verisk Analytics' current full-year earnings is $6.63 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Verisk Analytics' Q4 2026 earnings at $1.98 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $7.76 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.04 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $8.43 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Bank of America started coverage on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. They set an "underperform" rating and a $280.00 target price for the company. BMO Capital Markets increased their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $280.00 to $297.00 and gave the stock a "market perform" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. Robert W. Baird increased their target price 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. UBS Group increased their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $295.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, May 12th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $325.00 to $321.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $302.40.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VRSK traded up $0.06 on Friday, reaching $314.38. 1,204,511 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 760,100. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.36, a current ratio of 0.82 and a quick ratio of 0.82. The firm has a market cap of $43.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.05, a P/E/G ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 0.89. Verisk Analytics has a 52 week low of $251.59 and a 52 week high of $317.81. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $298.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $290.42.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 7th. The business services provider reported $1.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.68 by $0.05. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 32.65% and a return on equity of 274.13%. The business had revenue of $753.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $750.31 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.63 earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Verisk Analytics

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 1.5% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 16,733,589 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $4,980,251,000 after buying an additional 239,483 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 0.5% in the 1st quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 5,235,090 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $1,558,067,000 after purchasing an additional 25,010 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,691,016 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $1,292,047,000 after purchasing an additional 72,045 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,811,563 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $1,051,300,000 after purchasing an additional 19,423 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 36.0% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,251,051 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $669,958,000 after purchasing an additional 596,225 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $295.38, for a total value of $88,614.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 16,665 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,922,507.70. The trade was a 1.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 1,179 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $295.36, for a total transaction of $348,229.44. Following the sale, the director now owns 13,786 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,071,832.96. This represents a 7.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 8,363 shares of company stock valued at $2,529,187 over the last three months. 0.46% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Verisk Analytics declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, February 26th that authorizes the company to repurchase $1.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the business services provider to purchase up to 2.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 30th. Investors of record on Friday, June 13th will be paid a $0.45 dividend. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 13th. Verisk Analytics's dividend payout ratio is currently 26.35%.

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.