Capital Fund Management S.A. Increases Stock Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Capital Fund Management S.A. boosted its holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 131.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 74,382 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 42,195 shares during the quarter. Capital Fund Management S.A. owned 0.05% of Verisk Analytics worth $23,170,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of VRSK. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 60.9% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 4,922 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,533,000 after purchasing an additional 1,863 shares in the last quarter. Groupama Asset Managment raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 201.4% in the 2nd quarter. Groupama Asset Managment now owns 4,277 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,320,000 after buying an additional 2,858 shares during the last quarter. State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System lifted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 1.3% during the 2nd quarter. State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System now owns 136,964 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $42,664,000 after acquiring an additional 1,710 shares during the period. Korea Investment CORP boosted its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 11.4% during the 2nd quarter. Korea Investment CORP now owns 103,189 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $32,143,000 after acquiring an additional 10,587 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth approximately $34,000. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of Verisk Analytics stock opened at $223.89 on Friday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 1-year low of $196.99 and a 1-year high of $322.92. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $231.28 and its 200-day simple moving average is $270.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.55, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 1.53. The stock has a market capitalization of $31.20 billion, a PE ratio of 34.13, a P/E/G ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.84.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The business services provider reported $1.72 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.70 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $768.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $776.04 million. Verisk Analytics had a return on equity of 425.42% and a net margin of 30.42%.Verisk Analytics’s revenue was up 5.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.67 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 5,420 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 directly owned 54,337 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,399,305. The trade was a 9.07% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Sabra R. Purtill bought 450 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 31st. The shares were purchased at an average price of $217.95 per share, for a total transaction of $98,077.50. Following the purchase, the director owned 1,327 shares in the company, valued at $289,219.65. This trade represents a 51.31% increase in their position. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders bought 1,450 shares of company stock worth $314,663 and sold 7,420 shares worth $1,889,171. Corporate insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $315.00 to $239.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Barclays upgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and decreased their target price for the company from $310.00 to $275.00 in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. UBS Group dropped their price target on Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $300.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Evercore ISI cut their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $262.00 to $250.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Wolfe Research started coverage on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $320.00 price objective for the company. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have assigned a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $282.14.

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.