Q3 EPS Estimate for Verisk Analytics Decreased by Analyst

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) – Zacks Research decreased their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, August 20th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the business services provider will earn $1.64 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.76. The consensus estimate for Verisk Analytics’ current full-year earnings is $6.63 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Verisk Analytics’ Q1 2026 earnings at $1.82 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.89 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.89 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.93 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $7.53 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.01 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $2.10 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $8.33 EPS.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The business services provider reported $1.88 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.77 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $772.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $767.91 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 30.67% and a return on equity of 460.89%. The business’s revenue was up 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.74 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on VRSK. Raymond James Financial set a $315.00 target price on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, August 4th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $300.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $335.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $317.00 to $319.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $305.60.

Verisk Analytics Trading Down 0.3%

VRSK opened at $271.06 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $290.86 and a 200-day simple moving average of $295.69. Verisk Analytics has a 52 week low of $259.01 and a 52 week high of $322.92. The firm has a market cap of $37.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.77, a P/E/G ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 0.83. The company has a quick ratio of 1.53, a current ratio of 1.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.34.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 1.1% during the first quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 3,175 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $945,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the period. UMB Bank n.a. raised its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 0.4% during the second quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 9,017 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,809,000 after buying an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. NBT Bank N A NY boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 11.4% during the second quarter. NBT Bank N A NY now owns 341 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $106,000 after buying an additional 35 shares during the period. Tranquility Partners LLC grew its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 1.1% in the 2nd quarter. Tranquility Partners LLC now owns 3,231 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,006,000 after buying an additional 35 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bennett Selby Investments LP increased its position in Verisk Analytics by 3.1% in the 1st quarter. Bennett Selby Investments LP now owns 1,208 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $359,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares during the period. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics

In other news, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 5,419 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $300.86, for a total value of $1,630,360.34. Following the sale, the insider owned 55,913 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,821,985.18. The trade was a 8.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Lee Shavel sold 1,100 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $268.01, for a total transaction of $294,811.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 78,907 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $21,147,865.07. This represents a 1.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 25,620 shares of company stock valued at $7,862,427. Corporate insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th will be paid a $0.45 dividend. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 27.73%.

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.