Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund Purchases 3,783 Shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund lifted its holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 31.2% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 15,906 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,783 shares during the period. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $4,001,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in VRSK. AlphaCore Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics in 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 grew its stake 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 worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its position in Verisk Analytics by 62.7% during 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 period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other Verisk Analytics news, Director Gregory Hendrick purchased 500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, October 31st. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $216.14 per share, for a total transaction of $108,070.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 2,536 shares in the company, valued at approximately $548,131.04. The trade was a 24.56% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Sabra R. Purtill acquired 450 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, October 31st. The stock was acquired at an average price of $217.95 per share, with a total value of $98,077.50. Following the transaction, the director owned 1,327 shares in the company, valued at approximately $289,219.65. The trade was a 51.31% increase in their position. Additional details regarding this purchase are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders have acquired 1,450 shares of company stock valued at $314,663 and have sold 2,000 shares valued at $442,317. Corporate insiders own 0.46% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

VRSK has been the subject of several research analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $315.00 to $250.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $314.00 to $250.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on Verisk Analytics from $290.00 to $270.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Monday, December 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Verisk Analytics has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $278.64.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of NASDAQ VRSK opened at $224.87 on Friday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 52-week low of $196.99 and a 52-week high of $322.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.55, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 1.19. The business has a fifty day moving average of $219.88 and a two-hundred day moving average of $250.40. The stock has a market cap of $31.34 billion, a PE ratio of 34.28, a PEG ratio of 3.21 and a beta of 0.81.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The business services provider reported $1.72 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.70 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $768.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $776.04 million. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 30.42% and a return on equity of 425.42%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 5.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.67 EPS. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 15th were paid a dividend of $0.45 per share. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 15th. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is currently 27.44%.

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.