Short Interest in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) Grows By 25.1%

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,064,945 shares, an increase of 25.1% from the March 15th total of 4,849,829 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,741,914 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.5 days. Currently, 4.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $171.57, for a total value of $68,628.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 19,984 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,428,654.88. This trade represents a 1.96% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Christopher John Perry acquired 1,000 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $180.00 per share, for a total transaction of $180,000.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 2,994 shares in the company, valued at $538,920. The trade was a 50.15% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. Company insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Verisk Analytics

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Ameriflex Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 3rd quarter valued at $25,000. Board of the Pension Protection Fund bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter worth $28,000. Finally, Reflection Asset Management bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

VRSK has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $223.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Robert W. Baird set a $230.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. UBS Group set a $224.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Bank of America initiated coverage on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $205.00 price objective on the stock. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $237.20.

Verisk Analytics Trading Down 0.1%

Verisk Analytics stock opened at $178.07 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $23.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.44, a PEG ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 0.82. Verisk Analytics has a fifty-two week low of $161.70 and a fifty-two week high of $322.92. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $189.95 and its 200-day moving average price is $211.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 1.20.

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

Verisk Analytics declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, February 18th that permits the company to repurchase $2.50 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the business services provider to repurchase up to 10.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Verisk Analytics Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th were issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 13th. This is a positive change from Verisk Analytics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 30.82%.

Verisk Analytics Company 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.