Verisk Analytics Inc (NASDAQ: VRSK) is 16.66% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $254.46 and a high of $318.23 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 $317.51 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.82%.
Currently trading at $321.33, the stock is 3.07% and 7.20% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.01 million and changing 1.20% at the moment leaves the stock 12.83% off its SMA200. VRSK registered 27.12% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 9.22%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $299.7544 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $284.79996.
The stock witnessed a 9.02% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 8.23%, and is 1.70% up 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 0.59% over the week and 1.31% over the month.
Verisk Analytics Inc (VRSK) has around 7800 employees, a market worth around $44.95B and $2.93B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 47.06 and Fwd P/E is 40.77. Profit margin for the company is 33.13%. Distance from 52-week low is 26.28% and 0.97% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (27.65%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 6.25% this year
1478.0 institutions hold shares in Verisk Analytics Inc (VRSK), with institutional investors hold 96.62% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 139.96M, and float is at 139.51M with Short Float at 2.06%. Institutions hold 96.39% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 16.47 million shares valued at $$4.44 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.5418 of the VRSK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 11.67 million shares valued at $$3.14 billion to account for 8.1748 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 6.22 million shares representing 4.3557 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
Verisk Analytics Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 15 ’25 that Mann Elizabeth (Chief Financial Officer) sold a total of 300 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 15 ’25 and was made at $302.17 per share for $90651.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 16365.0 shares of the VRSK stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 16 ’25, Shavel Lee (Chief Executive Officer) disposed off 1,100 shares at an average price of $307.88 for $0.34 million. The insider now directly holds 60,218 shares of Verisk Analytics Inc (VRSK).
