Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK Shares Acquired by First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.

First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. raised its position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 8.1% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 51,351 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 3,847 shares during the quarter. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $9,744,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 7.0% in the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 61,201 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $11,613,000 after acquiring an additional 3,994 shares during the last quarter. Glenview Trust Co lifted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 2.5% during the first quarter. Glenview Trust Co now owns 3,365 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $639,000 after purchasing an additional 82 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Verisk Analytics by 233.4% during the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 5,988 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,136,000 after purchasing an additional 4,192 shares during the last quarter. KBC Group NV boosted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 2.0% in the first quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 28,713 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $5,449,000 after purchasing an additional 550 shares during the period. Finally, Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in Verisk Analytics by 16.2% in the first quarter. Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 195,289 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $37,056,000 after purchasing an additional 27,245 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In other Verisk Analytics news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $159.22, for a total transaction of $63,688.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 19,584 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,118,164.48. The trade was a 2.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 4,671 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.21, for a total transaction of $851,102.91. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 69,098 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,590,346.58. This trade represents a 6.33% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 16,507 shares of company stock worth $2,925,710 in the last ninety days. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

VRSK has been the topic of a number of research reports. Bank of America dropped their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $225.00 to $190.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Monday, March 30th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Rothschild & Co Redburn set a $185.00 price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Verisk Analytics presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $234.87.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Shares of VRSK opened at $195.25 on Wednesday. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 12 month low of $155.94 and a 12 month high of $303.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 1.02. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $180.30 and a 200 day moving average price of $189.95. The company has a market cap of $25.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.72, a PEG ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 0.69.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.06. Verisk Analytics had a negative return on equity of 2,405.75% and a net margin of 29.34%.The company had revenue of $782.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $771.62 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.73 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.450-7.750 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 30.44%.

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.