Q3 Earnings Estimate for VRSK Issued By Seaport Res Ptn

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn issued their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Verisk Analytics in a research report issued on Wednesday, October 1st. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Mazzoni forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $1.74 for the quarter. Seaport Res Ptn has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Verisk Analytics’ current full-year earnings is $6.63 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Verisk Analytics’ Q4 2025 earnings at $1.69 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $7.05 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.92 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.06 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.01 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.99 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $7.99 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.17 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $2.33 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $2.26 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $9.00 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $317.00 to $319.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $320.00 target price on the stock. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Verisk Analytics in a research note on Saturday, September 27th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $340.00 to $334.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 17th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $320.00 to $300.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Verisk Analytics presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $311.00.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of VRSK stock opened at $249.04 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.34, a current ratio of 1.53 and a quick ratio of 1.53. Verisk Analytics has a 1 year low of $239.83 and a 1 year high of $322.92. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $262.88 and a 200-day moving average price of $288.12. The company has a market cap of $34.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.37, a PEG ratio of 3.53 and a beta of 0.85.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The business services provider reported $1.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.11. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 30.67% and a return on equity of 460.89%. The firm had revenue of $772.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $767.91 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.74 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 7.8% on a year-over-year basis. Verisk Analytics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.800-7.000 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Verisk Analytics

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Louisbourg Investments Inc. bought a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics during the 1st quarter valued at about $25,000. AlphaCore Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Osterweis Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in Verisk Analytics during the second quarter valued at $28,000. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Verisk Analytics in the 2nd quarter worth $29,000. Finally, NewSquare Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 69.0% in the 2nd quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 98 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Verisk Analytics news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $254.72, for a total transaction of $76,416.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 15,165 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,862,828.80. This trade represents a 1.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 5,420 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $265.00, for a total value of $1,436,300.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 54,337 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,399,305. This represents a 9.07% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 8,520 shares of company stock valued at $2,273,891. 0.46% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 15th were issued a dividend of $0.45 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 27.73%.

About Verisk Analytics

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.