Research Analysts Offer Predictions for VRSK Q2 Earnings

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) – Research analysts at William Blair upped their Q2 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Verisk Analytics in a research report issued on Thursday, October 30th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $2.01 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.97. The consensus estimate for Verisk Analytics’ current full-year earnings is $6.63 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Verisk Analytics’ Q3 2026 earnings at $1.98 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.75 EPS.

VRSK has been the topic of a number of other reports. Barclays raised shares of Verisk Analytics from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $310.00 to $275.00 in a research report on Thursday. Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of Verisk Analytics to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $314.00 to $250.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on Verisk Analytics from $315.00 to $239.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $282.14.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Shares of Verisk Analytics stock opened at $218.76 on Monday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $248.48 and a 200 day moving average of $280.29. Verisk Analytics has a 52 week low of $196.99 and a 52 week high of $322.92. The company has a market cap of $30.56 billion, a PE ratio of 33.35, a P/E/G ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.85. The company has a quick ratio of 1.53, a current ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.55.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The business services provider reported $1.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.70 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $768.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $776.04 million. Verisk Analytics had a return on equity of 425.42% and a net margin of 30.42%.The business’s revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.67 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter valued at $556,192,000. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the first quarter valued at $508,611,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 631.0% in the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,415,439 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $422,676,000 after buying an additional 1,221,798 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 36.0% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,251,051 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $669,958,000 after buying an additional 596,225 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Navera Investment Management Ltd. purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 3rd quarter worth about $110,017,000. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $242.23, for a total value of $72,669.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 14,865 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,600,748.95. The trade was a 1.98% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 5,420 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $265.00, for a total transaction of $1,436,300.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 54,337 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,399,305. The trade was a 9.07% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 8,520 shares of company stock worth $2,255,396 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Monday, December 15th will be paid a $0.45 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 15th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is presently 27.44%.

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.