Caprock Group LLC Makes New $1.25 Million Investment in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Caprock Group LLC bought a new position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 4,660 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,249,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VRSK. Accretive Wealth Partners LLC boosted its holdings 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 valued at $1,417,000 after purchasing an additional 38 shares during the last quarter. STF Management LP boosted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 1.8% in the second quarter. STF Management LP now owns 2,119 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $660,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares during the last quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC grew its position in Verisk Analytics by 69.0% during the second 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. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its position in Verisk Analytics by 62.7% during the second quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 109 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 42 shares during the period. Finally, Drive Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Verisk Analytics by 6.2% during the second quarter. Drive Wealth Management LLC now owns 758 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $236,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 1.2%

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on Verisk Analytics from $315.00 to $250.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, January 25th. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $290.00 to $270.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $315.00 to $239.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, 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, October 30th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Verisk Analytics currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $269.57.

About Verisk Analytics

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.