NASDAQ:VRSK - Verisk Analytics Stock Price, Forecast & News

Verisk Analytics trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "VRSK."

Verisk Analytics declared a dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 12th. View Verisk Analytics' Dividend History.

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The business services provider reported $1.12 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.01. The business services provider earned $652.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $650.34 million. Verisk Analytics had a return on equity of 33.57% and a net margin of 18.23%. Verisk Analytics's quarterly revenue was up 9.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.08 earnings per share. View Verisk Analytics' Earnings History.

Verisk Analytics is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 18th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Verisk Analytics.

10 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Verisk Analytics' stock. Their forecasts range from $124.00 to $174.00. On average, they expect Verisk Analytics' share price to reach $154.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Verisk Analytics.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Verisk Analytics in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Verisk Analytics.

Press coverage about VRSK stock has trended very negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Verisk Analytics earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Verisk Analytics.

Verisk Analytics saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,080,000 shares, an increase of 12.4% from the October 31st total of 1,850,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 783,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares are sold short. View Verisk Analytics' Current Options Chain.

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Verisk Analytics' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.15%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.71%), Parnassus Investments CA (2.92%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.61%), WCM Investment Management LLC (0.53%) and Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.49%). Company insiders that own Verisk Analytics stock include Andrew G Mills, Christopher M Foskett, Constantine Iordanou, David B Wright, David J Grover, Hyatt J Brown, John F Lehman, Kenneth E Thompson, Lee Shavel, Mark V Anquillare, Scott G Stephenson and Vincent De P Mccarthy. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Verisk Analytics.

VRSK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WCM Investment Management LLC, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Nikko Asset Management Americas Inc., Sawgrass Asset Management LLC, TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS and Barclays PLC. Company insiders that have sold Verisk Analytics company stock in the last year include Andrew G Mills, Christopher M Foskett, Constantine Iordanou, David B Wright, David J Grover, John F Lehman, Mark V Anquillare, Scott G Stephenson and Vincent De P Mccarthy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Verisk Analytics.

VRSK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Sandler Capital Management, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Verisk Analytics.

Shares of VRSK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VRSK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $147.28.

Verisk Analytics has a market capitalization of $24.13 billion and generates $2.40 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $598.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.11 on an earnings per share basis. Verisk Analytics employs 8,184 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Verisk Analytics.

The official website for Verisk Analytics is http://www.verisk.com/.

Verisk Analytics' mailing address is 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ, 07310. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 201-469-3000 or via email at [email protected]