In a report released yesterday, Jeffrey Silber from BMO Capital reiterated a Hold rating on Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ: VRSK), with a price target of $115. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $114.67, close to its 52-week high of $115.13.
According to TipRanks.com, Silber is a top 25 analyst with an average return of 23.0% and a 77.9% success rate. Silber covers the Services sector, focusing on stocks such as Adtalem Global Education Inc, AMN Healthcare Services Inc, and American Public Education.
Currently, the analyst consensus on Verisk Analytics is a Moderate Buy with an average price target of $115, a 0.3% upside from current levels. In a report released yesterday, KBW also downgraded the stock to Hold with a $118 price target.
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Verisk Analytics’ market cap is currently $18.89B and has a P/E ratio of 31.50. The company has a Price to Book ratio of 9.11.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 80 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. Most recently, in June 2018, Vincent De Mccarthy, the SVP, Corp Dev & Strategy of VRSK sold 35,000 shares for a total of $3,817,100.
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Verisk Analytics, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of data analytics for customers in insurance, energy and specialized markets, and financial services. It operates through the Decision Analytics and Risk Assessment segments.
