ABN Amro Investment Solutions Grows Holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

ABN Amro Investment Solutions lifted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 15.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 105,526 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 14,143 shares during the quarter. ABN Amro Investment Solutions owned 0.08% of Verisk Analytics worth $26,541,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of VRSK. AlphaCore Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter valued at $29,000. NewSquare Capital LLC grew its stake in Verisk Analytics by 69.0% in the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 98 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the period. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 62.7% in the 2nd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 109 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 1.2%

Shares of VRSK stock opened at $181.21 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.55. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $164.60 and a twelve month high of $322.92. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $212.68 and its 200-day moving average price is $233.46. The stock has a market cap of $25.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.62, a PEG ratio of 2.56 and a beta of 0.79.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have issued reports on VRSK shares. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $314.00 to $250.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $290.00 to $270.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on Verisk Analytics from $315.00 to $250.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $269.57.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Verisk Analytics news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.54, for a total value of $65,862.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 14,265 shares in the company, valued at $3,131,738.10. The trade was a 2.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Lee Shavel sold 1,100 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $216.99, for a total value of $238,689.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 77,807 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,883,340.93. This represents a 1.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 1,700 shares of company stock valued at $369,648 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Profile

Verisk Analytics, Inc (NASDAQ: VRSK) is a data analytics and decision‑support provider that helps organizations assess and manage risk. The company supplies data, predictive models and software to customers in insurance, reinsurance, financial services, government, energy and other commercial markets. Its offerings are designed to support underwriting, pricing, claims management, catastrophe modeling, fraud detection and regulatory compliance, enabling clients to make more informed operational and strategic decisions.

Verisk’s product portfolio combines large proprietary datasets with analytics platforms and industry‑specific applications.