Verisk Analytics - VRSK Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Verisk Analytics in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" VRSK shares.
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11 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Verisk Analytics' shares. Their VRSK share price forecasts range from $186.00 to $220.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $201.09 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.4% from the stock's current price.
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Verisk Analytics' stock was trading at $176.42 at the beginning of the year. Since then, VRSK stock has increased by 5.1% and is now trading at $185.50.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 2nd 2023.
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Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March, 1st. The business services provider reported $1.43 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.26. The business services provider had revenue of $630.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $615.30 million. Verisk Analytics had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 41.53% and a net margin of 32.92%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.47 EPS.
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Verisk Analytics announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, March 31st. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 14th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.31.
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Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.76%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 22.82%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VRSK will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.32% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Verisk Analytics issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.20-$5.50 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $5.57. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.59-$2.63 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.57 billion.

166 employees have rated Verisk Analytics Chief Executive Officer Scott Stephenson on Glassdoor.com. Scott Stephenson has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Scott Stephenson in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Verisk Analytics' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Parnassus Investments LLC (3.53%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.41%), Morgan Stanley (2.41%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.03%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (1.81%) and Brown Advisory Inc. (1.78%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher M Foskett, Constantine Iordanou, David B Wright, David J Grover, Kathy Card Beckles, Kenneth E Thompson, Lee Shavel, Mark V Anquillare, Nicholas Daffan, Samuel G Liss, Scott G Stephenson and Therese M Vaughan.
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Shares of VRSK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of VRSK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $185.50.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) has a market capitalization of $28.70 billion and generates $2.50 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $953.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.96 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 7,000 workers across the globe.

Verisk Analytics' mailing address is 545 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, JERSEY CITY NJ, 07310. The official website for the company is www.verisk.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (201) 469-3000, via email at eva.huston@verisk.com, or via fax at 201-748-1472.