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Verisk Analytics (VRSK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$286.05 -2.19 (-0.76%)
Closing price 04/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$286.08 +0.02 (+0.01%)
As of 04/25/2025 07:25 PM Eastern
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About Verisk Analytics Stock (NASDAQ:VRSK)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$283.21
$287.83
50-Day Range
$277.03
$305.09
52-Week Range
$217.34
$306.68
Volume
1.02 million shs
Average Volume
773,908 shs
Market Capitalization
$40.03 billion
P/E Ratio
44.63
Dividend Yield
0.63%
Price Target
$297.40
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Verisk Analytics, Inc. provides data analytics and technology solutions to the insurance markets in the United States and internationally. It offers policy language, prospective loss costs, policy writing and rating rules, and various underwriting solutions for risk selection and segmentation, pricing, and workflow optimization; property- and auto- specific rating and underwriting information solutions that allows clients to understand, quantify, underwrite, mitigate, and avoid potential loss for risks; catastrophe modeling solutions, which enables companies to identify, quantify, and plan for the financial consequences of catastrophes for use by insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries, financial institutions, and governments. The company also provides life insurance solutions for transforming current workflows in life insurance underwriting, claim insights, policy administration, unclaimed property/equity, compliance and fraud detection, and actuarial and portfolio modeling; Marketing Solutions, such as compliant, real-time decisioning, profitability, and risk assessment for inbound consumer interactions; and international underwriting and claims solutions. In addition, it offers claims insurance solutions, which provides analytics in fraud detection, compliance reporting, subrogation liability assessment, litigation, and repair cost estimation and valuation solutions; and casualty solutions, such as compliance, casualty claims decision support, and workflow automation solutions. Further, the company supplies software to the specialty insurance market. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Verisk Analytics Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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76th Percentile Overall Score

VRSK MarketRank™: 

Verisk Analytics scored higher than 76% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 67th out of 321 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Verisk Analytics has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.20, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Verisk Analytics has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Verisk Analytics' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Verisk Analytics are expected to grow by 9.35% in the coming year, from $6.63 to $7.25 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Verisk Analytics is 44.63, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.67.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Verisk Analytics is 44.63, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 30.72.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Verisk Analytics has a PEG Ratio of 3.37. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Verisk Analytics has a P/B Ratio of 128.85. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Verisk Analytics' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.43% of the float of Verisk Analytics has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Verisk Analytics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Verisk Analytics has recently decreased by 22.18%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Verisk Analytics has a dividend yield of 0.61%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Verisk Analytics does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Verisk Analytics is 26.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Verisk Analytics will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.83% next year. This indicates that Verisk Analytics will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Verisk Analytics' dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.43% of the float of Verisk Analytics has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Verisk Analytics has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Verisk Analytics has recently decreased by 22.18%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Verisk Analytics has a news sentiment score of 1.59. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 1.02 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 23 news articles for Verisk Analytics this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 2 people have searched for VRSK on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 2 people have added Verisk Analytics to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -78% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Verisk Analytics insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,121,618.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.46% of the stock of Verisk Analytics is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    90.00% of the stock of Verisk Analytics is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Verisk Analytics' insider trading history.
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VRSK Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Verisk Analytics' stock was trading at $275.43 at the beginning of the year. Since then, VRSK shares have increased by 3.9% and is now trading at $286.05.
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Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 26th. The business services provider reported $1.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.60 by $0.01. The business services provider earned $735.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $733.55 million. Verisk Analytics had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 274.13% and a net margin of 32.65%.
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Verisk Analytics' Board of Directors initiated a share repurchase program on Wednesday, February 26th 2025, which permits the company to buy back $1,000,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could repurchase up to 2.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Verisk Analytics subsidiaries include FAST Technology, BuildFax, Genscape, Keystone Aerial Surveys Inc, Rulebook, Business Insight, Power Advocate, and more.

Top institutional investors of Verisk Analytics include GAMMA Investing LLC (0.86%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. (0.24%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.24%) and Rhumbline Advisers (0.21%). Insiders that own company stock include Scott G Stephenson, Samuel G Liss, Lee Shavel, Nicholas Daffan, Therese M Vaughan, Christopher M Foskett, Elizabeth Mann, David B Wright, Bruce Edward Hansen, David J Grover, Kathy Card Beckles and Wendy E Lane.
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Shares of VRSK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Verisk Analytics investors own include Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR) and AUO (AUOTY).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/26/2025
Record date for 3/31 Dividend
3/14/2025
Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend
3/14/2025
Dividend Payable
3/31/2025
Today
4/25/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/29/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Data processing & preparation
Sub-Industry
Research & Consulting Services
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:VRSK
Employees
7,000
Year Founded
1971

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$297.40
High Stock Price Target
$321.00
Low Stock Price Target
$279.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+4.0%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.20
Research Coverage
10 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
44.63
Forward P/E Ratio
43.14
P/E Growth
3.37
Net Income
$614.60 million
Pretax Margin
42.37%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.88 billion
Cash Flow
$7.58 per share
Price / Cash Flow
37.75
Book Value
$2.22 per share
Price / Book
128.85

Miscellaneous

Free Float
140,646,000
Market Cap
$40.03 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.88

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This page (NASDAQ:VRSK) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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