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

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

Verisk Analytics declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 12th. This is an increase from Verisk Analytics's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. View Verisk Analytics' Dividend History.

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 18th. The business services provider reported $1.13 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.12 by $0.01. The business services provider earned $676.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $670.50 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 17.26% and a return on equity of 33.49%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.04 earnings per share. View Verisk Analytics' Earnings History.

Verisk Analytics is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Verisk Analytics.

12 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Verisk Analytics' shares. Their forecasts range from $150.00 to $191.00. On average, they expect Verisk Analytics' share price to reach $166.09 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Verisk Analytics.

12 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 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Verisk Analytics.

Press coverage about VRSK stock has been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Verisk Analytics earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Verisk Analytics.

Verisk Analytics saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,770,000 shares, a decline of 12.4% from the January 15th total of 2,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 880,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Verisk Analytics' Current Options Chain.

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Verisk Analytics' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.21%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (4.16%), Parnassus Investments CA (3.01%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.80%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.47%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.18%). Company insiders that own Verisk Analytics stock include Andrew G Mills, Christopher M Foskett, Constantine Iordanou, David B Wright, David J Grover, 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 Janus Henderson Group PLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Champlain Investment Partners LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, FMR LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc. and Torray LLC. 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, Kenneth E Thompson, Mark V Anquillare 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Alliancebernstein L.P., Korea Investment CORP, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Parnassus Investments CA, Bristol John W & Co. Inc. NY and AXA. 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 $167.58.

Verisk Analytics has a market capitalization of $27.33 billion and generates $2.61 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $449.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.38 on an earnings per share basis. Verisk Analytics employs 9,300 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 201-469-2000 or via email at [email protected]