OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp Takes $1.36 Million Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. $VRSK

OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm purchased 7,583 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,361,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Reflection Asset Management bought a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Verisk Analytics in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC increased its position in Verisk Analytics by 141.7% in the 4th quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 145 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 85 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley set a $235.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Wells Fargo & Company increased 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. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Verisk Analytics from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 price target on Verisk Analytics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $236.27.

Verisk Analytics Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VRSK opened at $187.87 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $24.45 billion, a PE ratio of 28.86, a P/E/G ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.42. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $155.94 and a twelve month high of $273.83. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $188.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $185.26.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $1.98 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.93 by $0.05. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 28.24% and a negative return on equity of 239.55%. The business had revenue of $806.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $804.02 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.88 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly 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. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 7.71 EPS for the current year.

Verisk Analytics Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity at Verisk Analytics

In related news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $179.95, for a total transaction of $71,980.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 18,384 shares in the company, valued at $3,308,200.80. The trade was a 2.13% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Samuel G. Liss sold 4,671 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, June 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.21, for a total transaction of $851,102.91. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 69,098 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,590,346.58. This represents a 6.33% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 22,227 shares of company stock worth $4,174,599 over the last quarter. 0.52% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.