Zacks Research Forecasts Lower Earnings for Verisk Analytics

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q4 2024 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Verisk Analytics in a report issued on Wednesday, November 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the business services provider will earn $1.55 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.61. The consensus estimate for Verisk Analytics’ current full-year earnings is $6.63 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Verisk Analytics’ Q3 2025 earnings at $1.81 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.92 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently issued reports on VRSK. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $268.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $285.00 to $301.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $263.00 to $276.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Evercore ISI reissued an “in-line” rating and set a $279.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised shares of Verisk Analytics to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 13th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $285.80.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 1.1 %

Shares of VRSK opened at $290.73 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $272.66 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $268.42. Verisk Analytics has a 12 month low of $217.34 and a 12 month high of $291.42. The company has a market capitalization of $41.05 billion, a PE ratio of 45.36, a PEG ratio of 3.60 and a beta of 0.86. The company has a current ratio of 0.82, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.36.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The business services provider reported $1.67 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.60 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $725.30 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $722.19 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 32.65% and a return on equity of 274.13%. The firm’s revenue was up 7.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.52 EPS.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.54%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is 24.34%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 200 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $286.49, for a total transaction of $57,298.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 15,608 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,471,535.92. This represents a 1.27 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Lee Shavel sold 1,000 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $286.49, for a total transaction of $286,490.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 54,163 shares in the company, valued at approximately $15,517,157.87. This represents a 1.81 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 2,400 shares of company stock worth $678,764. 0.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Verisk Analytics

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Bessemer Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 109.2% during the 1st quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 12,729 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $3,000,000 after buying an additional 6,645 shares during the last quarter. Lake Street Advisors Group LLC bought a new position in Verisk Analytics during the first quarter worth about $266,000. MQS Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the first quarter worth about $226,000. EntryPoint Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the first quarter valued at approximately $108,000. Finally, Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 72.4% during the 1st quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,464 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $581,000 after buying an additional 1,035 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

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.