APG Asset Management N.V. Sells 2,800 Shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

APG Asset Management N.V. lowered its stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 1.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 158,960 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 2,800 shares during the period. APG Asset Management N.V. owned approximately 0.11% of Verisk Analytics worth $39,980,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. AlphaCore Capital LLC bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the second quarter worth approximately $28,000. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at approximately $29,000. NewSquare Capital LLC boosted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 69.0% in 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. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 62.7% in the second quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 109 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $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.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Christopher John Perry bought 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $180.00 per share, for a total transaction of $180,000.00. Following the acquisition, the director owned 2,994 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $538,920. This represents a 50.15% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 $3,131,738.10. This trade represents a 2.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have commented on VRSK shares. UBS Group set a $224.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, February 19th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Verisk Analytics from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, January 25th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Argus lowered shares of Verisk Analytics from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 14th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $239.00 to $206.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $240.86.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 2.4%

Shares of VRSK opened at $207.57 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $28.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.98, a PEG ratio of 2.69 and a beta of 0.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 1.20. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $206.95 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $227.66. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $164.60 and a 52 week high of $322.92.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its earnings results 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. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.56% and a return on equity of 357.00%. The company had revenue of $778.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $773.74 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.61 EPS. The company’s 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. On average, analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current year.

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

Verisk Analytics Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given 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 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is 27.73%.

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.