Verisk Analytics Inc (NASDAQ: VRSK) is 4.57% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $217.34 and a high of $300.50 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The VRSK stock was last observed hovering at around $299.72 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -11.69%.
Currently trading at $288.03, the stock is -1.54% and 1.56% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.57 million and changing -3.90% at the moment leaves the stock 5.25% off its SMA200. VRSK registered 17.64% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 7.41%.
The stock witnessed a 0.90% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 0.16%, and is -2.65% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.69% over the week and 2.12% over the month.
Verisk Analytics Inc (VRSK) has around 7500 employees, a market worth around $40.67B and $2.82B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 44.89 and Fwd P/E is 36.18. Profit margin for the company is 32.65%. Distance from 52-week low is 32.53% and -4.15% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (30.57%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 7.50% this year
The shares outstanding are 141.40M, and float is at 140.84M with Short Float at 1.73%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 16.47 million shares valued at $$4.44 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.4941 of the VRSK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 11.67 million shares valued at $$3.14 billion to account for 8.141 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 6.22 million shares representing 4.3377 and valued at over $$1.68 billion, while MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ holds 3.4805 of the shares totaling 4.97 million with a market value of $$1.34 billion.
Verisk Analytics Inc (VRSK) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Hansen Bruce Edward, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Hansen Bruce Edward sold 1,179 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 07 ’25 at a price of $294.95 per share for a total of $0.35 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 13786.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 17 ’25, Beckles Kathy Card (Chief Legal Officer) disposed off 2,111 shares at an average price of $282.06 for $0.6 million. The insider now directly holds 9,066 shares of Verisk Analytics Inc (VRSK).
