Cavalier Investments LLC Has $3.61 Million Stock Holdings in Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK)

Cavalier Investments LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSK) by 4.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 13,090 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 528 shares during the period. Verisk Analytics accounts for 1.2% of Cavalier Investments LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 18th largest position. Cavalier Investments LLC’s holdings in Verisk Analytics were worth $3,605,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of VRSK. Private Advisor Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 17.5% in the 3rd quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 3,221 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $863,000 after buying an additional 479 shares during the period. International Assets Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 26,695.7% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 31,083 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $8,329,000 after buying an additional 30,967 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 18.5% in the 3rd quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 17,103 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $4,583,000 after buying an additional 2,671 shares during the period. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 110.6% in the 3rd quarter. China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 1,807 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $484,000 after buying an additional 949 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Direct Indexing L.P. grew its holdings in shares of Verisk Analytics by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. First Trust Direct Indexing L.P. now owns 5,273 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,413,000 after buying an additional 153 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.00% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Verisk Analytics

In other news, insider Kathy Card Beckles sold 2,111 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.06, for a total transaction of $595,428.66. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 9,066 shares in the company, valued at $2,557,155.96. This represents a 18.89 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Bruce Edward Hansen sold 1,179 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $294.95, for a total transaction of $347,746.05. Following the transaction, the director now owns 13,786 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,066,180.70. This represents a 7.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 4,469 shares of company stock worth $1,264,818 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

VRSK has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $300.00 price target on shares of Verisk Analytics in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on shares of Verisk Analytics from $285.00 to $301.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $283.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on shares of Verisk Analytics from $263.00 to $276.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Finally, Barclays cut shares of Verisk Analytics from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and set a $310.00 price objective on the stock. in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.33.

Verisk Analytics Trading Up 0.9 %

Shares of NASDAQ:VRSK opened at $299.72 on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $283.36 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $277.87. Verisk Analytics, Inc. has a one year low of $217.34 and a one year high of $300.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.36, a current ratio of 0.82 and a quick ratio of 0.82. The stock has a market capitalization of $42.32 billion, a PE ratio of 46.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 0.89.

Verisk Analytics Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th were paid a dividend of $0.39 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.52%. Verisk Analytics’s dividend payout ratio is 24.34%.

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.