Aberdeen Group plc Increases Stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Aberdeen Group plc raised its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 5.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 120,237 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,653 shares during the quarter. Aberdeen Group plc owned approximately 0.09% of Verisk Analytics worth $30,431,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of VRSK. AlphaCore Capital LLC purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter valued at $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth about $28,000. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter valued at about $29,000. NewSquare Capital LLC lifted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 69.0% during the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 98 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 62.7% during the 2nd 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. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 1.2%

VRSK stock opened at $181.21 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $211.93 and a 200 day moving average price of $232.48. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $164.60 and a fifty-two week high of $322.92. The firm has a market cap of $25.26 billion, a PE ratio of 27.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.56 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.55, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 1.19.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.54, for a total value of $65,862.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,265 shares in the company, valued at $3,131,738.10. The trade was a 2.06% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.46% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have weighed in on VRSK. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $315.00 to $250.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Argus downgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 14th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price target on Verisk Analytics from $315.00 to $239.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Barclays upgraded Verisk Analytics from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and lowered their price objective for the company from $310.00 to $275.00 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $269.57.

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.