William Blair Cuts Earnings Estimates for Verisk Analytics

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK - Free Report) - Analysts at William Blair dropped their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Verisk Analytics in a report issued on Thursday, February 27th. William Blair analyst A. Nicholas now expects that the business services provider will post earnings of $1.75 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.81. The consensus estimate for Verisk Analytics' current full-year earnings is $6.63 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Verisk Analytics' Q4 2025 earnings at $1.75 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $7.70 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $7.70 EPS.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The business services provider reported $1.61 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.60 by $0.01. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 32.65% and a return on equity of 274.13%. The firm had revenue of $735.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $733.55 million.

Several other research firms also recently weighed in on VRSK. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $283.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $325.00 to $321.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Barclays downgraded shares of Verisk Analytics from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and set a $310.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $298.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $280.00 to $297.00 and gave the stock a "market perform" rating in a research report on Thursday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $299.33.

Verisk Analytics Stock Up 1.3 %

VRSK traded up $3.99 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $300.90. The company had a trading volume of 228,685 shares, compared to its average volume of 727,640. Verisk Analytics has a 52 week low of $217.34 and a 52 week high of $300.76. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.36. The company has a market capitalization of $42.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.94, a PEG ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 0.89. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $284.30 and its 200 day moving average price is $278.42.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Verisk Analytics

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $33,981,000. Capital A Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $96,000. Shufro Rose & Co. LLC bought a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $3,044,000. Integrated Advisors Network LLC grew its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 4.0% during the 4th quarter. Integrated Advisors Network LLC now owns 1,623 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $447,000 after acquiring an additional 63 shares during the period. Finally, Ascent Group LLC grew its position in shares of Verisk Analytics by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. Ascent Group LLC now owns 2,581 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $711,000 after acquiring an additional 73 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Verisk Analytics

In other Verisk Analytics news, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 1,179 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $272.81, for a total value of $321,642.99. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 13,786 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,760,958.66. This trade represents a 7.88 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,111 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.06, for a total transaction of $595,428.66. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 9,066 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,557,155.96. This trade represents a 18.89 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 4,469 shares of company stock worth $1,264,818. Insiders own 0.40% of the company's stock.

Verisk Analytics declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, February 26th that authorizes the company to buyback $1.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the business services provider to repurchase up to 2.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Verisk Analytics Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a $0.45 dividend. This is a positive change from Verisk Analytics's previous quarterly dividend of $0.39. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.60%. Verisk Analytics's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 26.87%.

Verisk Analytics Company Profile

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.