Verisk AnalyticsVRSK
About: Verisk Analytics is the leading provider of statistical, actuarial, and underwriting data for the United States' property and casualty insurance industry. Verisk leverages a vast contributory database and proprietary data assets to develop analytical tools helping insurance providers to better assess and price risk, achieve operational efficiency and optimize claim settlement processes. While Verisk also offers tools to quantify costs after loss events occur and to detect fraudulent activity, it is expanding into adjacent markets of life insurance, marketing, and non-US operations.
Employees: 7,800
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
73% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $23.9M | Put options by funds: $13.8M
68% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 114 | Existing positions closed: 68
8% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $33.7B [Q3] → $36.6B (+$2.86B) [Q4]
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 938 [Q3] → 962 (+24) [Q4]
2.51% more ownership
Funds ownership: 88.41% [Q3] → 90.92% (+2.51%) [Q4]
2% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 359 | Existing positions reduced: 352
14% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 7 [Q3] → 6 (-1) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
6 analyst ratings
Wells Fargo Jason Haas 60% 1-year accuracy 26 / 43 met price target | 8%upside $321 | Overweight Maintained | 27 Feb 2025 |
BMO Capital Jeffrey Silber 44% 1-year accuracy 18 / 41 met price target | 0%downside $297 | Market Perform Maintained | 27 Feb 2025 |
Baird Jeffrey Meuler 67% 1-year accuracy 16 / 24 met price target | 7%upside $320 | Outperform Maintained | 27 Feb 2025 |
Barclays Manav Patnaik 49% 1-year accuracy 17 / 35 met price target | 4%upside $310 | Equal-Weight Downgraded | 10 Jan 2025 |
RBC Capital Ashish Sabadra 72% 1-year accuracy 39 / 54 met price target | 1%upside $300 | Outperform Reiterated | 7 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 7 articles about VRSK published over the past 30 days
