Dakota Wealth Management Has $1.07 Million Stock Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Dakota Wealth Management reduced its position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 80.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 4,234 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 17,511 shares during the period. Dakota Wealth Management’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $1,065,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. AlphaCore Capital LLC acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter worth approximately $28,000. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter worth $29,000. NewSquare Capital LLC increased its stake 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 worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its holdings 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 purchasing an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Shares of VRSK stock opened at $202.64 on Friday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 12 month low of $164.60 and a 12 month high of $322.92. The company has a market capitalization of $27.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.22, a P/E/G ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 0.79. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $207.16 and a two-hundred day moving average of $228.56. The company has a current ratio of 1.20, a quick 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 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 business had revenue of $778.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $773.74 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.61 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics’s revenue was up 5.8% on a year-over-year basis. 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 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, February 18th that authorizes the company to repurchase $2.50 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the business services provider to repurchase up to 10.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

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 represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. This is a positive change from Verisk Analytics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is 27.73%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Christopher John Perry acquired 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $180.00 per share, with a total value of $180,000.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 2,994 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $538,920. This trade represents a 50.15% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.54, for a total value 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 represents a 2.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 0.46% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on VRSK. Evercore decreased their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $262.00 to $250.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on Verisk Analytics from $237.00 to $223.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Wolfe Research reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Barclays raised Verisk Analytics from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $310.00 to $275.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $260.00 to $220.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $240.86.

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.