Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Has $8.45 Million Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. cut its position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 89.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 37,763 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 310,055 shares during the quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A.’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $8,447,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. AlphaCore Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at about $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter worth about $28,000. Ameriflex Group Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics during the third quarter worth about $25,000. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter worth about $34,000. Finally, Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter worth about $35,000. 90.00% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Verisk Analytics news, Director Christopher John Perry acquired 1,000 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $180.00 per share, for a total transaction of $180,000.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 2,994 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $538,920. This represents a 50.15% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $204.71, for a total transaction of $81,884.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 20,384 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,172,808.64. The trade was a 1.92% 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 company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on VRSK shares. Capital One Financial set a $224.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Thursday, March 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on Verisk Analytics from $260.00 to $220.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 19th. UBS Group set a $224.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $250.00 to $230.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Verisk Analytics from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, January 25th. 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 issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $237.20.

Verisk Analytics Trading Down 1.6%

Shares of VRSK stock opened at $182.75 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $25.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.16, a PEG ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 0.81. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $164.60 and a fifty-two week high of $322.92. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $199.23 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $219.03. 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 posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.60 by $0.22. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 29.56% and a return on equity of 357.00%. The firm had revenue of $778.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $773.74 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.61 earnings per share. The business’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. Research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current year.

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

Verisk Analytics Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date is 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 yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is currently 30.82%.

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.