Meeder Advisory Services Inc. Purchases Shares of 4,841 Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

Meeder Advisory Services Inc. purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 4,841 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $869,000.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VRSK. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Reflection Asset Management purchased a new stake in Verisk Analytics in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics during the fourth quarter worth $31,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 141.7% during the fourth quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 145 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 85 shares in the last quarter. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics

In other news, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 6,765 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.63, for a total value of $1,201,666.95. Following the sale, the director directly owned 69,098 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,273,877.74. This trade represents a 8.92% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of Verisk Analytics stock in a transaction on Monday, August 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total transaction of $71,980.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 18,384 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,308,200.80. This trade represents a 2.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 24,562 shares of company stock valued at $4,575,075. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 4.2%

Shares of NASDAQ VRSK opened at $186.45 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $24.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.64, a PEG ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 12-month low of $155.94 and a 12-month high of $276.19. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $187.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $185.66.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.93 by $0.05. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 239.55% and a net margin of 28.24%.The firm had revenue of $806.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $804.02 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.88 earnings per share. Verisk Analytics’s revenue was up 4.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is currently 30.72%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

VRSK has been the subject of a number of research reports. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price objective on Verisk Analytics and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Verisk Analytics from $240.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. UBS Group increased their target price on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 target price on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Verisk Analytics currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $236.27.

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.