Citigroup Inc. Sells 8,884 Shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Citigroup Inc. reduced its stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 4.1% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 209,489 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 8,884 shares during the quarter. Citigroup Inc. owned about 0.15% of Verisk Analytics worth $52,688,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. AlphaCore Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter worth $28,000. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at $29,000. NewSquare Capital LLC boosted 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 last quarter. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted 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 last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on VRSK shares. Evercore lowered their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $262.00 to $250.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Bank of America began coverage on Verisk Analytics in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $205.00 target price for the company. Barclays upgraded Verisk Analytics from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $310.00 to $275.00 in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Robert W. Baird set a $230.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $239.00 to $206.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $240.86.

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 transaction of $65,862.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 14,265 shares of the company’s stock, 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 legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.46% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Verisk Analytics Trading Down 0.5%

NASDAQ VRSK opened at $181.60 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $25.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.98, a P/E/G ratio of 2.37 and a beta of 0.79. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $164.60 and a 52 week high of $322.92. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $208.47 and a 200-day moving average price of $229.49. The company has a quick ratio of 1.20, a current ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.60 by $0.22. Verisk Analytics had a return on equity of 357.00% and a net margin of 29.56%.The company had revenue of $778.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $773.74 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.61 EPS. Verisk Analytics’s quarterly revenue was up 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.75 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This is an increase from Verisk Analytics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is 27.73%.

Verisk Analytics announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, February 18th that authorizes the company to repurchase $2.50 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the business services provider to purchase up to 10.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

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.