Caxton Associates LLP Increases Stock Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Caxton Associates LLP boosted its position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 127.5% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 22,834 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 12,797 shares during the period. Caxton Associates LLP’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $7,113,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. UMB Bank n.a. grew its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 0.4% in the second quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 9,017 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,809,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. NBT Bank N A NY raised its position in Verisk Analytics by 11.4% during the 2nd quarter. NBT Bank N A NY now owns 341 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $106,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. Tranquility Partners LLC lifted 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 during the period. EWA LLC lifted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 3.6% in the 2nd quarter. EWA LLC now owns 1,105 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $344,000 after buying an additional 38 shares during the period. Finally, Accretive Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter. Accretive Wealth Partners LLC now owns 4,548 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,417,000 after buying an additional 38 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on VRSK. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Monday, December 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced 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. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $334.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Rothschild Redb cut shares of Verisk Analytics from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 16th. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of Verisk Analytics to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $282.14.

Verisk Analytics Stock Performance

Shares of Verisk Analytics stock opened at $217.14 on Friday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 12 month low of $196.99 and a 12 month high of $322.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $30.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.10, a P/E/G ratio of 3.41 and a beta of 0.81. The company has a current ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.55. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $225.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $263.27.

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

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Gregory Hendrick bought 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 31st. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $216.14 per share, with a total value of $108,070.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director owned 2,536 shares in the company, valued at approximately $548,131.04. The trade was a 24.56% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.99, for a total value of $65,097.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,565 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,160,459.35. This represents a 2.02% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders bought 1,450 shares of company stock valued at $314,663 and sold 2,000 shares valued at $452,871. Company insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics 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.