WoodTrust Financial Corp Has $5.96 Million Position in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK)

WoodTrust Financial Corp reduced its stake in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 1.7% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 25,279 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 434 shares during the period. Verisk Analytics comprises approximately 0.6% of WoodTrust Financial Corp’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 28th largest position. WoodTrust Financial Corp’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $5,959,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VRSK. CVA Family Office LLC acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter worth approximately $32,000. DSM Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 4th quarter worth approximately $33,000. Global Retirement Partners LLC boosted its position in Verisk Analytics by 48.5% during the 4th quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 150 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 49 shares during the period. Finally, Riverview Trust Co acquired a new stake in Verisk Analytics during the 1st quarter worth approximately $40,000. 90.00% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $238.00 to $241.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 2nd. Evercore ISI lifted their target price on shares of Verisk Analytics from $250.00 to $260.00 and gave the stock an “in-line” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $255.08.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In related news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $262.31, for a total value of $52,462.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 16,608 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,356,444.48. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. In related news, CFO Elizabeth Mann sold 200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $262.31, for a total value of $52,462.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 16,608 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,356,444.48. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Nicholas Daffan sold 1,511 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $248.88, for a total transaction of $376,057.68. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 52,500 shares in the company, valued at $13,066,200. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 3,265 shares of company stock worth $774,953 in the last quarter. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Verisk Analytics Stock Down 0.5 %

Shares of NASDAQ VRSK traded down $1.30 during trading on Friday, hitting $269.55. The stock had a trading volume of 1,101,753 shares, compared to its average volume of 765,502. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a 12 month low of $215.32 and a 12 month high of $273.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 9.94, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 1.09. The company has a market capitalization of $38.46 billion, a PE ratio of 50.29, a PEG ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 0.83. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $250.95 and a two-hundred day moving average of $242.15.

Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 1st. The business services provider reported $1.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.11. Verisk Analytics had a net margin of 28.45% and a return on equity of 268.19%. The firm had revenue of $704.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $699.07 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.29 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 8.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Verisk Analytics, Inc. will post 6.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 28th. Stockholders of record on Saturday, June 15th were paid a $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 14th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.58%. Verisk Analytics’s payout ratio is 29.10%.

Verisk Analytics 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.