B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Has $1.94 Million Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG lessened its position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 30.2% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 7,697 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 3,325 shares during the period. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $1,936,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter worth about $556,192,000. First Trust Advisors LP raised its stake in Verisk Analytics by 232.3% in the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 760,599 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $191,298,000 after buying an additional 531,713 shares during the period. Navera Investment Management Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the third quarter valued at approximately $110,017,000. Parnassus Investments LLC lifted its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 31.8% in the third quarter. Parnassus Investments LLC now owns 1,492,715 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $375,433,000 after buying an additional 360,419 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Verisk Analytics by 2.1% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 17,241,327 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $4,336,366,000 after acquiring an additional 346,525 shares during the period. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

VRSK has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Robert W. Baird set a $230.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $260.00 to $220.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Capital One Financial set a $224.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $250.00 to $230.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group cut their target price 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. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $237.20.

Verisk Analytics Stock Down 3.6%

VRSK stock opened at $202.66 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a current ratio of 1.20 and a quick ratio of 1.20. The stock has a market capitalization of $27.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.23, a PEG ratio of 2.63 and a beta of 0.81. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $205.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $224.83. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $164.60 and a fifty-two week high of $322.92.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last announced 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $773.74 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.61 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics’s quarterly 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. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors 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 yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 27.73%.

Verisk Analytics declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, February 18th that permits the company to repurchase $2.50 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the business services provider to purchase up to 10.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Christopher John Perry acquired 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $180.00 per share, with a total value of $180,000.00. Following the acquisition, the director directly owned 2,994 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $538,920. The trade was a 50.15% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was 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 approximately $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. 0.46% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.